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Man Booker Prize announces 2016 longlist

The Man Booker Prize has announced a longlist of 13 books out of 155 submissions published in the United Kingdom (UK) between October 1, 2015 and Sept

When Ben Okri and Jeremy Corbyn met to talk literature

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love.’ These were words quoted by Jeremy C

Five books in tribute for Alice Akale and Collins Adeyemi

ALICE AKALE: I started my broadcasting career in the radio and that was where our paths crossed. On radio Benue, Makurdi, it was difficult to find a v

Why I self-publish – Nwilo Bura-Bari

Bookshelf: Recently, you were one of the Nigerians that made the 2016 Writivism Prize longlist. Do you expect to win? Nwilo: Yes, I do. But I am open-

Lunch with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I’m excited and nervous to be meeting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Excited, because she is one of the world’s best writers. Half of a Yellow