Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Fear is the greatest threat to art – Sidi

Umar Abubakar Sidi is author of ‘The Poet of Dust’. A helicopter pilot with the Nigerian Navy, here he talks about his poetry collection, the art of w

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…

Nyazabe Dantala Ali (Artist) Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps By Barbara and Allan Pease   Artist Nyazabe Dantala Ali said his last

African Writers Awards call for entries

African Writers Awards (AWA) 2019 seek poetry, short stories, flash fiction and children’s literature that address the theme ‘Cultural Stereotypes in

Non-binary Nigerian nominated for a women’s fiction prize

Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi, who identifies as non-binary made the longlist of the 2019 Women’s prize for fiction. Emezi’s debut novel, ‘Freshwater’

I don’t mind being called a crime writer – Leye Adenle

Leye Adenle is author of the award-winning ‘Easy Motion Tourist (Prix Marianne 2016), ‘When Trouble Sleeps’ and most recently ‘The Beautiful Side of t