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Bookshelf • October 10, 2015 00:38

It feels good when text comes alive on stage – Asiyanbi

Bookshelf: Your play, ‘shattered,’ for which you won the BBC African Performance playwriting competition, is now taking place every Sunday

Bookshelf • October 9, 2015 23:33

The secret of Nigerian book sales

At almost every Nigerian literary event I have attended, the topic of the country’s lack of reading culture has come up. The falling standard of

Bookshelf • October 9, 2015 23:33

Chigozie Obioma bags Emerging Voices Fiction Award

Chigozie Obioma has won the 2015 FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award for his debut novel, ‘The Fishermen.’ The award was launched th

Bookshelf • October 2, 2015 21:55

Muhtar Bakare: Nigeria’s revolutionary capitalist

A. Igoni Barrett I first met Muhtar Bakare in January 2006, when I travelled to Lagos to ask if he would publish my manuscript of short stories. Befor

Bookshelf • October 2, 2015 21:55

Writers must be faithful to rhythms of language – Maja-Pearce

Bookshelf: How do you view literature now compared to what obtained during your time? Adewale Maja-Pearce: People have talked about a renaissance and