In the autumn of 1986, Nigeria’s Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (aka Wole Soyinka), became the Nobel Laureate for literature. The Nobel prize- a set of annual international awards bestowed ...

Bennet Mbata, who has sold African literature at the Nuria Bookstore for more than 30 years in Nairobi, said he enjoyed reading Ngũgĩ’s writing and is sad “h ...

Gallant Nigerian literature soldier Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, early in the year, blessed us with ‘When We Were Fireflies’, the story of Yarima Lalo, who had twice been killed.

Nigerian Literature At Odds With Her Poor Politics - Barrett. 2 April 2016. The Guardian (Lagos) interview By Anote Ajeluorou. Lindsay Barrett is one Diaspora Pan-Africanist, who boldly stuck out ...

But on the whole, I will say she is the new face of Nigerian literature." For Ms Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun is not some distant tale of the horrors of Nigeria's three-year Biafran civil war. Her ...

Soyinka: Yes, I do read much of Nigerian/African literature – as much as my time permits. My motor vehicle in Nigeria is a mobile library of Nigerian publications ...

Nigerian literature serves as the handmaiden of social scientific and humanistic inquiry into the state of Nigerian sociopolitical affairs. As a social commentary, ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the best-selling Nigerian author, wants American readers to know that African writers don’t just write about Africa’s problems. “When we talk about the developing ...

His stories gained traction with readers, and with critics. In 2017, he became a finalist for the Caine Prize for African Writing, and last year, his debut collection, “God’s Children Are ...

Tributes to Acclaimed African Literature Giant Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, Who Has Died at 87 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively ...