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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

Bookshelf • September 25, 2015 21:02

I was embarrassed when dubbed Achebe’s heir – Obioma

Chigozie Obioma was long-listed for the 2015 Guardian First Book Award and recently short-listed for The Man Booker Prize for his debut novel ‘T

Bookshelf • September 25, 2015 21:01

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Social Campaign Manager, Iwona Pawluk Beksińscy Double Portrait by Magdalena Grzebałkowska.

This book is a biography of a contemporary polish painter and his son who committed suicide, whereas the painter was murdered. “I read it becaus