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  • Diekoye Oyeyinka’s “Stillborn” is now “La Douleur du Geant.”

    Diekoye Oyeyinka’s “Stillborn” is now “La Douleur du Geant.”

    Diekoye Oyeyinka’s 2014 novel Stillborn has gotten a new lease of life in French as La Douleur du Geant (Tears of the Giant). In 2014, Diekoye Oyeyinka gave us Stillborn, published by East African Educational Publishers, which followed the tale of Dopalo and Emeka as they grew up in a fractious Nigeria. The book which…

  • Nigerian author Diekoye Oyeyinka at the African Magic Awards

    The biggest thing in African TV, or anyone with a GOTV decoder like myself, on Saturday night was the screening of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) 2015. The AMVCAs usually hosted in Lagos, Nigeria are the hottest property and everyone who is everyone in the entertainment industry on the continent watches to see…

  • A review of Diekoye Oyeyinka’s Stillborn

    A review of Diekoye Oyeyinka’s Stillborn

    Book: Stillborn Author: Diekoye Oyeyinka Publisher: East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) Publication year: 2014 Number of pages: 262 Genre: Fiction Stillborn is the debut novel from Nigerian writer Diekoye Oyeyinka which was published by Kenyan publisher East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) and launched in Nairobi recently. The book tells the story of two main characters;…