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PHOTOS: Chibundu Onuzo Redefines the Classic Literary Book Launch Party
A few days ago, book lovers gathered at London’s Southbank Center for the launch of Chibundu Onuzo’s second novel, Welcome to Lagos. The photos are finally here, and we are delighted to share them...
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Greg Ruth on Race and the Artistic Process of Designing a Book Cover
We’ve become used to publishers of African writing hiring high-profile illustrators to design book covers. The cover for Chibundu Onuzo’s Welcome to Lagos was designed by Bill Brags. [read about it...
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11 Teeny Weeny African Books to Read on the Go
Lengthy novels are great for a rainy weekend when all you want is to curl up in bed and lose yourself in an endless heap of pages. But the fear of committing to a 500-page novel can be a little...
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Memoirs of a Lagos Wedding Planner | Episode 2: The Second Almost Wedding |...
I rarely attend the church part of the weddings I work on. There’s usually so much to do at the reception venue, so I’m needed there. I usually have my trusted assistant cover the proceedings at the...
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Wole Soyinka on Race, Divisive Rhetoric, and the American Political Climate
Wole Soyinka was featured on The Atlantic recently. In an essay, titled “A Nigerian Nobel Winner Exits Trump’s America,” Uri Friedman reopened Soyinka’s decision to interrupt his current legal status...
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Dear Genevieve, Find Your Space | by Pa Ikhide
How are you? How are the kids? They are running you ragged, I bet. I was young once and scared, like you. I had great, young, rambunctious kids like you do. They say that there is no working manual...
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EVENT | African Writers Festival at Brown University | February 15
Brown University is hosting an African Writers Festival in about two weeks. The event is titled “The New Global Africa: Confrontations and Connections” and explores the ways in which African writers...
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PHOTOS | Chimamanda Adichie Marched Alongside Thousands in Washington, D.C.
On January 21st, hundreds of thousands of women gathered in various cities in the US and around the world to march in support of women’s rights. The march in Washington, D.C, which kickstarted the...
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Pretty | by Maryam Kazeem | An Essay
Before I officially moved to Lagos I was quite certain that prettiness was not a question of when but where. It was neither a question of properly blending the different layers of my contour with the...
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“Thank You for Your Courage”| African Writers Pay Tribute to Buchi Emecheta
On January 26, Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta passed away at the age of 72. [read here if you missed it.] Fellow authors took to social media to celebrate her life and the significance of her work....
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Christiana Mbakwe’s 34 Notes on Feminism
We have Ikhide Ikheloa to thank for introducing us to Christiana Mbakwe, who he very aptly referred to as “Achebe’s Obierika in pumps.” A few weeks ago, she shared a series of tweets, in which she...
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Dear Genevieve, The Writer Should Be Paid for Content on the Internet | by Pa...
What are you up to? Are the kids back from school? I am thinking of what you said the other day, about how you believe writers should be paid and paid well. I have always said that writers should be...
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Imbolo Mbue’s Afro Gets Its Very Own Essay in The Guardian
Imbolo Mbue instantly won our hearts a few years ago when news broke that she’d signed a million-dollar book deal with Random House. However, months after the news about her book deal, there were no...
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Memoirs of a Lagos Wedding Planner | Episode 3: Besides The Bride | by...
The wedding reception was going well, and all the guests seemed to be having a great time. Food and drinks were flowing, the hall was just the right temperature, and the lighting was perfect. There...
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Review of Isaac Newton Akah’s Living in ‘Gidi | by Ikhide Ikheloa
If you go to Amazon and search for Living in ‘Gidi by Isaac Newton Akah, a slim e-book less than eighty pages in length will impishly raise her hand and ask to be taken home. Buy it and enjoy a brisk...
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Dear Genevieve | Of Reading, Writing, Purpose and All That Jazz | by Pa Ikhide
Hey you, wake up! What are you reading? I have this essay in my head, it is written, in my head, when I birth it, will you take a look at it? What is it about? I don’t know, to be honest. But there...
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#Valentine2017 | 6 African Novels About Heartbreak | by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed
… because it’s not always about roses and sunshine, here’s a reading list this Valentine’s. Call it a reminder that with love, often also comes heartbreak. Thankfully, in African literature this...
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Memoirs of a Lagos Wedding Planner | Episode 4: The Appointment | by Tolulope...
I had received a referral from a friend, which is a great endorsement of my work. With all businesses like mine, referrals are a life blood. When a client likes your work enough to refer you to their...
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Chimamanda Adichie’s Johns Hopkins Visit: The Look, the Photos, the Interview
Last Wednesday, the 8th of February, Chimamanda Adichie paid a visit to Johns Hopkins University. During her last major visit to the university, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree. [read here...
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Teju Cole Writes a Powerful Tribute to His First Novel Open City
Teju Cole is a well-known name in global literary circles. He has a column on photography in The New York Times. His recent book of essays has him in line for Pen America’s most prestigious and...
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