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Bookshelf • October 16, 2015 20:14

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Writer and poet, Gimba Kakanda: The Cheapest Night by Yusuf Idris

Gimba Kakanda, author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, ‘Safari Pants,’ describes ‘The Cheapest Night’ as a fanta

Bookshelf • October 16, 2015 20:14

‘Festivals key to evolution of Nigerian literature’

Uzoma Ihejirika is a fellow of the 2015 Writivism festival. He is a prolific short story writer who has featured in a variety of magazines, both onlin

Bookshelf • October 14, 2015 11:03

Marlon James becomes first Jamaican to win Man Booker Prize

Jamaican author Marlon James on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize for "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a re-telling of the attempted assa

Bookshelf • October 10, 2015 20:54

Can art still shock in the age of the extreme selfie?

Marina Abramović had a gun put to her head. Joseph Beuys shared a gallery with a coyote. But with the social media full of shocking images, is it wort

Bookshelf • October 10, 2015 20:54

Why 109 authors lost out of the NLNG Prize

Since inception, the NLNG Prize for Literature has had 10 winners with some being co-winners of the prize. In 2005, the award for the poetry category