Tag: Soji Cole
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Soji Cole is Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 winner.
Soji Cole is Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 winner for his play Embers. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on October 19, 2018. The Nigeria Prize for Literature worth US$100,000 to the winner is the richest prize in African literature. The prize which was founded in 2004 to honour literary erudition…
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Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 shortlist announced in Lagos.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 shortlist was announced by its advisory board on September 9, 2018. The texts in the running for the continent’s richest literary prize are Embers by Soji Cole, Death and The King’s Grey Hair by Denja Abdullahi and The Rally by Akanji Nasiru. The Nigeria Prize for Literature is the…
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Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 longlist announced.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018 longlist was announced on July 26, 2018. Those in the running for the prize this year are Chidubem Iweka, Denja Abdullahi, Soji Cole, Obari Gomba, Peter E. Omoko, Dul Johnson, Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan, Jude Idada, Akanji Nasiru, and Dickson Ekhaguere. The Nigeria Prize for Literature is the richest prize in…
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Africa’s Largest Authors Association holds annual Convention
Author Richard Ali gives us a rundown of the Association of Nigerian Authors convention that ended last weekend. Africa’s largest national authors Association, the Association of Nigerian Authors, concluded its 33rd Convention on Saturday 13th December 2014. The annual three-day write-fest was held at the historical city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, formerly Africa’s largest…