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Three Nigerians make Joint shortlist of 2016 Writivism Prizes

Three Nigerians, Aito Osemegbe Joseph, Okwudili Nebeolisa and Gbenga Adesina, have made the joint shortlist for the 2016 Writivism prizes. Joseph, set

Rapper Pherowshuz Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas’ Illmatic by Michael Eric Dyson & Sohail Daulatzai

Rapper, Pherowshuz, read Born to Use Mics, a biography of iconic American hip-hop rapper, Nas. “A friend got me the book on Nas’ Illmatic,

Chris Abani: ‘The middle-class view of Africa is a problem’

When a war is over, it takes another 10 years for a war to be really over,” the novelist and poet Chris Abani says over the phone. “And so

Nigerian wins China’s Special Book Award

A Nigerian, Mr. Charles Onunaiju, founder and director of the Centre for China Studies, (CCS), is the only African that has won the 10th Special Book

Why I’ve read over a hundred books – Obi-Obasi

Chinedu Angel Obi-Obasi is a ten-year-old aspiring writer who has read over a hundred books. She has performed at the reading hosted by the Associatio