Literature

Record entries for 2025 NigeriaPrize for Literature

A record 252 entries have been received for the 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited. The…

2 weeks ago

ICONS: Chinua Achebe (Father of African literature)

Born on 16 November, 1930 in Ogidi town, Anambra State, Nigeria.   He was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and…

6 months ago

Atelewo Cultural Initiative announces N1m grand prize for fifth edition of Yoruba literature contest

The Atelewo Cultural Initiative has announced that the forthcoming fifth edition of the Yoruba Literature Prize will see the overall…

9 months ago

11 books longlisted for 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature

ELEVEN books have been longlisted out of 163 entries for the 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature. The books hoping to…

10 months ago

Wole Soyinka at 90: Truth, literature and nation building

Wole Soyinka has been hoary since I came to the knowledge of his works and his activism many years ago.…

10 months ago

Dearth of literature, huge challenge to advertising students in tertiary institutions —ARCON DG

The Director-General, Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Lekan Fadolapo, has identified inadequate advertising materials and literature as a huge…

10 months ago

Behind The Viewfinder: A photographer’s thematised literature exploring poetry, travel writing

A review of Temilade Adelaja’s book, Behind The Viewfinder, by Adewale Oshodi. THE book, ‘Behind The Viewfinder,’ by Temilade Adelaja,…

1 year ago

Literature affords me insight into myself, trains me to be critical of social inflections —Adepoju, OAU undergraduate on debut novel

Isaiah Adepoju is an undergraduate student of the Department of English at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. He is…

1 year ago

From Ladhidh to Literature: Princess Bashirah Giwa pens ‘My Little Cookery’ book

Princess Chef Bashirah Busola Giwa, founder of Ladhidh catering and events planning ltd, has debuted her latest endeavor, a book…

1 year ago

2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature set for exciting finale

A lecturer, chemical engineer and journalist are on the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature shortlist, with the literati eagerly looking…

2 years ago

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