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There’s this thing everyone in Lagos is acquainted with, something whose only job is to provoke. It stares you in the face with empty eyes giving no care to your social status, your health problems, or your efforts to revoke your financial... Read More
Dear Diary, It’s October 8, 2038 today, the anniversary of the day we had our first hope and taste of true freedom, that unblemished independence. We call it the New Independence Era. We’ve started including it in our government and... Read More
Obumneme walks into the cyber cafe and realises it will take a long time before they attend to him. He stops, glances at the computers sitting on the dilapidated long rickety table. The boys tap on the keyboard, their gaze fixates keenly on the... Read More
Click HERE for previous episode “No rest for the wicked.” Toni hissed the moment her eyes ran through the number of unread emails she had waiting. A yawn followed. She stretched out on her chair. Her mind told her she needed a burst of... Read More
Dzanc Books Diverse Voices Prize is a literary prize organized by Dzanc Books. The prize is designed to be awarded to a writer of a full-length manuscript. It is open to writers from minority, underrepresented, or marginalized communities. The prize... Read More
The kiss came as a shock. He had not hinted at anything before he leaned over and took her lips. She didn’t gasp or show any form of reaction, good or bad; she sat there, tilted her head up and allowed him do things to her mouth only her husband... Read More
The streets had been weeping for days, and Chima was tired of it. She was tired of the ugly rubber slippers she had to wear in place of her shoes. She was tired of the mud getting in between her toes. She was tired of having to curse everyone who left... Read More
Submissions for the third annual Aspen Words Literary Prize are open for book-length works of fiction published in the 2020 calendar year. The $35,000 literary prize is for an “influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue... Read More
African literature is essential because it allows Africans to tell their stories and express their voices. The African novel is a crucial component in revealing the true African stories and providing a genuine understanding of a particular area’s... Read More