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Get familiar: Meet Ake Festival guest, Chinelo Okparanta

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|Date: November 06, 2016
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Get familiar: Meet Ake Festival guest, Chinelo Okparanta

It's nine days to the 2016 Ake Arts and Book festival tagged Beneath the skin. One of the guests who will ...

It's nine days to the 2016 Ake Arts and Book festival tagged Beneath the skin. One of the guests who will be at the festival this year is Chinelo Okparanta. Chinelo Okparanta was born in Port Harcou ...

November 06, 2016
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Excitement as Ake Festival approaches

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|Date: November 01, 2016
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Excitement as Ake Festival approaches

The Literary season is finally back. Last month we had the Lagos International Poetry Festival, this mont ...

The Literary season is finally back. Last month we had the Lagos International Poetry Festival, this month, it is the turn of the Ake Arts and Book festival! Every year since 2013, the most brilliant ...

November 01, 2016
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline 2016 Ake Festival!

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|Date: October 01, 2016
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline 2016 Ake Festival!

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roster of writers, thinkers, ...

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roster of writers, thinkers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, book lovers and art enthusiasts at the fourth edition of the Ak ...

October 01, 2016
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Chinelo Okparanta’s book makes Buzzfeed’s October reading list

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|Date: September 27, 2016
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Chinelo Okparanta’s book makes Buzzfeed’s October reading list

Every month, US based media internet company Buzzfeed, announces 5 books book lovers should read. Their ...

Every month, US based media internet company Buzzfeed, announces 5 books book lovers should read. Their reading list have comprised of popular, old timers and debut novelists. This month, Chinelo Okp ...

September 27, 2016
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Etisalat boosted my confidence as a writer – Chinelo Okparanta

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|Date: August 02, 2015
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Etisalat boosted my confidence as a writer – Chinelo Okparanta

Sabinews: Why did you decide to do a collection of short stories for your first book? Chinelo Okparanta: ...

Sabinews: Why did you decide to do a collection of short stories for your first book? Chinelo Okparanta: It just happened that way. The collection was ready before the novel. Sabinews: Did being short ...

August 02, 2015
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My Character is based on Me – Songeziwe Mahlangu

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|Date: March 17, 2015
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My Character is based on Me – Songeziwe Mahlangu

Songeziwe Mahlangu, the South African writer who emerged winner of the 2015 edition of The Etisalat Prize ...

Songeziwe Mahlangu, the South African writer who emerged winner of the 2015 edition of The Etisalat Prize for Fiction has revealed that the protagonist of his debut novel Penumbra, is based on his own ...

March 17, 2015
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