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Bolu Babalola’s Heartbreak Manifesto
Bolu Babalola, author of Honey & Spice, reflects on the hopefulness of heartbreak in her essay published in ELLE Magazine. While romance is often seen as leading to hopelessness and heartbreak, Babalola ...
Excerpt: How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta
EIGHT Cheta 8:22 P.M. Twenty-two minutes. That’s how long I had been seated at the table—alone. “Eight more minutes,” I whispered to myself. Eight more minutes and I was going ...
Life in Two and a Half Chapters I Obinna Emeka I Fiction
I Life happens to us… even if we run. For 32-year-old Dikachi Ugwu, life came in the form of a brash, portly lady that ran into his shop on a ...
Being a Man is a Sin I Isiaka. A. Kromah I Poetry
These beliefs that have been accepted, and the opinions that have been married, The notion that society has cultivated, and the ones people have adopted That men are not allowed ...
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Register for the Lagos COMICON Book Zone 2018
The BOOKICON hosts five distinct master class sessions that features prominent book professionals from both Nigeria and overseas. They range from award winning and bestselling authors, acclaimed book critiques, book ...
Intern with Chimamanda Adichie
Writers are invited to apply for internship positions being advertised by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s team. According to Chimamanda's Facebook page: The positions are for a Lagos-based intern and a research ...
Submit and Win in the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest this August
The Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC), a brainchild of Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR), is a monthly writing contest aimed at rewarding the under-appreciated talent of young Nigerian poets. It ...
War of Words (WOW) Slam Poetry is Back With a Bang!
Are you a poet, a lover of performance poetry and all things art? Then you'll be pleased to know that the number one Slam Poetry Competition in Nigeria, War Of ...
It’s Here Again: Aké Arts and Book Festival 2018!
Aké Arts & Book Festival is five days of cultural immersion. As is always the case, Aké Arts and Book Festival aims to showcase the very best of contemporary African ...
Farafina To Publish Bisi Adjapon’s ‘Of Women And Frogs’ in December
Farafina is set to publish debut novel, Of Women and Frogs, by Bisi Adjapon, in December 2018. Of Women and Frogs is the coming-of-age story of Esi, a feisty half-Nigerian girl growing up in ...
The ”Dust To Dew” Book Party
Quramo Publishing Limited is excited to invite you to what will be a worthy experience this Sunday, July 29th from 2:00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. at The Simi Johnson Centre, ...
ICAF Art Show, 2018 to Hold in Lagos
The International Cultural and Art Festival (ICAF) is an annual event which promotes diverse forms of art and gives room for art exchange across countries like Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa ...