Tag: Uwem Akpan
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NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025 longlist announced
The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025 longlist was announced in Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth US$100,000, has celebrated Nigerian authors in the four genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature since 2004. Sponsored annually by oil firm NLNG, some of the winners have been Familoni…
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Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2022 shortlist announced.
Michael Afenfia, Uwem Akpan, and Sylva Nze Ifedigbo are on the shortlist for the Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2022 announced on October 20, 2022. Chinua Achebe was the author of Things Fall Apart (1958) the most well-read novel written by an African. His other novels were No Longer At Ease, Arrow of God, A…