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The world is meeting us on our own stage – Jumoke Verissimo

Jumoke Verissimo is a writer and poet. She is the author of the poetry collection, ‘I am memory’ and recently released her second work, &l

‘Fake writers fade too soon’

Bookshelf: Your book, ‘Funeral of the Minstrel,’ was released on the first of October. How does it feel? Nnorom Azuoye: ‘Funeral of

Some notes on your manuscript

Congratulations on finishing the first draft of your manuscript! I know how worried you were – the effort alone should make you so proud. As you

Nigerian gets commendation, loses out on Wasafiri Prize

Akwaeke Emezi was commended for her work ‘Welcome’ under the fiction category of the 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize. Emezi and Koye Oyede

Brunel Poetry Prize closes 30 October

The Brunel University African Poetry Prize which closes 30 October is for 10 poems. Only poets who have not yet had a full-length poetry book publishe