Kenyan author, Phibbian Muthama, arrives Nigeria for writers’ residency
Phibbian Muthama, a published author and Swahili language expert from Kenya, has arrived in Nigeria to join her other Nigerian ...
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Writers Hub no. 8: Osofisan, Ajima, Kwadey, Bala, Ugwu brainstorm writers’ role in crisis times
Writers' Hub held the eighth edition of its monthly panel discussion on December 20, 2025, via Google Meet. Themed ...
PAWA pays courtesy visit to celebrated novelist Ayi Kwei Armah in Senegal
A delegation of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) led by its President, Professor Bill Ndi, yesterday paid a visit ...
ANA invites applications for its maiden writers’ residency
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is inviting applications for the maiden edition of its Ken Saro-Wiwa International Writers’ Residency. ...
The Stories That Shaped Us
Growing up in Nigeria, we were immersed in stories — not just bedtime tales or village folklore, but books. Real ...
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 ...
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 ...
Writers mourn the passing of Mabel Segun
Mrs Mabel Segun died yesterday Writers under the aegis of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW Global) have expressed ...
Celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I have always longed to be known’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Photo: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images) Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first three novels won prizes and critical acclaim. ...
Mariama Ba: Author, advocate for women
Mariama Ba (1929-1981) Mariama Ba was a Senegalese author and feminist born in 1929 in Dakar. She is best known ...