Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Icarus Rising: Of a nation’s dystopia and a poet’s rhetoric

Book Title: Icarus Rising  Author: Emman Usman Shehu Publisher: Topaz Publishing House (Topaz Books) Pages: 94 Year: 2017 Reviewer: Paul Liam Emm

Why I created story about woven babies – Arimah

Bookshelf: Congratulations on being shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing and winning the O. Henry Prize earlier in the year. How did yo

An author’s ‘Asaba’ drama

Title: Asaba: The Dance of the Dead Author: Ugo Chukwuedo Pages: 30 Reviewer: Nathaniel Bivan I have read a number of books about the Nigerian civil w

Literary foundation seeks submissions

Jacana Literary Foundation and the Other Foundation seek submissions to their 2017 Gerald Kraak Award exploring these that deal with topics of gender,

SA publishers create rare opportunity for writers

A publishing company, Jacana Media has created a rare opportunity for African writers to apply and get to pitch their manuscripts in a live pitching s