Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Poetry led me to short story writing – Ogbere

Louis Ogbere is one of two Nigerians recently long-listed for the 2015 Short Story Day Africa (SSDA) Prize. He has published several short stories, in

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Publisher, Isang Awah: What Sunny Saw in the Flames by Nnedi Okorafor

In a bid to enjoy something different, Isang Awah decided to read Okorafor’s fantasy novel ‘What Sunny Saw in the Flames’ and came f

Where prizes take Nigerian literature

Uche Peter Umez is a poet and short story writer who has won awards in poetry, short stories and children novel writing. He is the author of ‘Da

Inside Kano‘s internally displaced children’s school

The little scholars were brought from Borno State by the Kano State government to  shield them from possible psychological trauma due to what the

Evening Coffee with Arundhati Roy

It is a hot afternoon in Delhi; its humidity intensified by tension. The tension is coming from beneath my chest. I am not really sick. I am just swea