On Writing, Prizes and the Nigerian Mind
In the interview granted to The Guardian, Mr. Samuel Kolawole suggested that Nigerian literary works that win prizes abroad are culturally irrelevant to Nigeria because they are not patriotic. They...
View ArticleWriting the New African: Migration and Modern African Literary Identity
It was a simple ceremony. Yet, at the end of it, the Nigerian literary circuit was never the same. In February 20004, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company announced the birth of a new...
View ArticleOld man, Dreams, Writing – Poems by Tendai R. Mwanaka
Old man, Dreams, Writing We had had some words with the old man, in the afternoons. He stays in Felicia Street, number 9, and I stay in Douglas road, number 9, so our places are opposite each other,...
View ArticleWriting: Experience Bakes the Best Bread – Paul T. Liam
Once in a while, one comes across people who from a very young age have attained what only long years of hard work and persistence can make possible. Paul Liam is a young man with a voice currently...
View ArticleMemory Work and the Gut Symmetry of Writing
The very act of writing anything is emotional. It is a key to our borderline spirit. It grounds us when our ego swells. It is a hard – from the get go – career to be successful in. Realising this...
View ArticleThought Experiments: Eghosa Imasuen on Writing ‘To Saint Patrick’
I’ve tried many times to put on paper my reasons for writing To Saint Patrick. What could I explain in 2000 words—the energy expended in writing the book itself? Kai! So what did I write? I wrote a...
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