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Bookshelf • February 5, 2016 21:30

A Smile of Destiny

I didn’t know which happened first; mother’s scream or my body as it hit the dirty wood-encrusted floor of the stall. I was in a pool of m

Bookshelf • February 5, 2016 21:26

Nigerian Writers’ Awards 2016 is today

The Nigerian Writers Awards 2016 is taking place today at Terra Kulture, Tiamiyu Savage, Victoria Island, Lagos, at 6 pm. The award would reveal journ

Bookshelf • February 5, 2016 21:26

2016 Writivism Short Story Prize opens for entries

The 2016 Writivism Short Story Prize opened for submissions on January 30. The invitation is for unpublished writers resident in an African country. T

Bookshelf • December 25, 2015 21:22

2015 must-reads by Nigerian writers

‘Born on a Tuesday’ Dantala is an almajiri, a boy sent far away from home to study the Qur’an. But things take a turn as he becomes

Bookshelf • December 25, 2015 21:14

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Musician, Rexx There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe

Rex Jideofor Okichie, with the stage name Rexx, totally enjoyed Chinua Achebe’s last book, ‘There Was a Country.’ “I thoroughl