Arts & Life
PAWA, CAA to partner on literary innovation and excellence in Ghana
The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) and the Creative Arts Agency (CAA), Ghana, have agreed to collaborate in areas such...
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Achebe’s There Was a Country and the Crisis of Nigerian Unity
Those who have read There Was a Country by St. Chinua Achebe would agree that it is one of those...
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Mental Decolonisation: Has Ngũgĩ Succeeded?
I have just read a piece in a WhatsApp group which effusively argued that the late Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o considered...
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Mother Tongue and Nigeria’s Cultural Renaissance
The Federal Government of Nigeria recently announced that mother tongue shall now be the medium of instruction in all primary...
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The Stories That Shaped Us
Growing up in Nigeria, we were immersed in stories — not just bedtime tales or village folklore, but books. Real...
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The complete works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
For those unfamiliar with the works of the late Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o—the celebrated Kenyan writer, thinker, and advocate for...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens...
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ANA ushers in world-class writers’ residency for African and global creatives
The literary landscape in Nigeria has been given a fresh breath of life with the unveiling of the Ken Saro-Wiwa...
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Three female writers for Ebedi International Residency
Three female writers from Nigeria have arrived Iseyin, Oyo State, for the May/June 2025 edition of the Ebedi International Writers...
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Of Autobiographies and Memoirs
The most beautiful parts of an autobiography are usually the parts where the author paints a picture of her childhood....
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