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Two Nigerians, One South African Battle for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

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|Date: May 16, 2017
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Two Nigerians, One South African Battle for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

This Saturday, May 20, the award ceremony for the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, the biggest and mos ...

This Saturday, May 20, the award ceremony for the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, the biggest and most prestigious in Africa, will hold in Lagos. The final showdown is between Jowhor Ile and Julie ...

May 16, 2017
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Love stories from Africa: An anthology edited by Nonso Anyanwu

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: February 15, 2017
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Love stories from Africa: An anthology edited by Nonso Anyanwu

This is a bold and audacious anthology- Toni Kan Nonso Anyanwu has compiled one of Africa’s bigges ...

This is a bold and audacious anthology- Toni Kan Nonso Anyanwu has compiled one of Africa’s biggest e-anthology, Love Stories from Africa. The e-anthology features fifty writers- emerging and e ...

February 15, 2017
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Memories from #AkeFest16: Without Education, democracy is meaningless

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|Date: December 05, 2016
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Memories from #AkeFest16: Without Education, democracy is meaningless

Last month, some of the best minds in Africa and outside the continent gathered in Abeokuta for the 2016 ...

Last month, some of the best minds in Africa and outside the continent gathered in Abeokuta for the 2016 Ake Arts and Books Festival, tagged "Beneath the Skin." The one-week long festival had panel di ...

December 05, 2016
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Toni Kan and Leye Adenle in joint reading at Rele

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|Date: November 23, 2016
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Toni Kan and Leye Adenle in joint reading at Rele

Award winning authors Toni Kan and Leye Adenle will be reading from their wave making novels, The Carnivo ...

Award winning authors Toni Kan and Leye Adenle will be reading from their wave making novels, The Carnivorous City and Easy Motion Tourist on Wednesday November 23, 2016 at the well appointed rele gal ...

November 23, 2016
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Jowhor Ile, Elnathan John, 7 others, make the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: November 17, 2016
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Jowhor Ile, Elnathan John, 7 others, make the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist

Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 201 ...

Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made up of entries from first-time authors whose book ...

November 17, 2016
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Toni Kan reads from new novel, in conversation with Hawa Golakai

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|Date: November 08, 2016
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Toni Kan reads from new novel, in conversation with Hawa Golakai

Toni Kan will be reading from his long awaited novel, The Carnivorous City, on Saturday November 12, 2016 ...

Toni Kan will be reading from his long awaited novel, The Carnivorous City, on Saturday November 12, 2016 at Freedom Park, Lagos. The novel goes on sale in Nigeria from November 10, 2016. The event wi ...

November 08, 2016
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Excitement as Ake Festival approaches

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|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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Art should focus on important questions- Helon Habila

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|Date: November 25, 2015
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Art should focus on important questions- Helon Habila

One of Nigeria’s biggest novelist and poet, Helon Habila was in Abeokuta for the just concluded Ake Arts ...

One of Nigeria’s biggest novelist and poet, Helon Habila was in Abeokuta for the just concluded Ake Arts and Book Festival. Sabinews' Lucia Edafioka caught up with him during the festival where he tal ...

November 25, 2015
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A toast to Reuben Abati @ 50 – Toni Kan

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|Date: November 07, 2015
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A toast to Reuben Abati @ 50 – Toni Kan

“If you give me a space, I occupy it. If you expand the space, I expand myself.” – Reuben Abati. T ...

“If you give me a space, I occupy it. If you expand the space, I expand myself.” – Reuben Abati. The first car Dr. Reuben Abati bought was a Datsun or some Nissan product. Back then, when a pop ...

November 07, 2015
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