Nigerian writer Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ took the literary world by storm with her debut novel Stay With Me in 2017. Six years later, she has followed up with an equally brilliant second novel, A Spell of ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. He is Nigeria's best-known author and has been called the father of modern African literature. Google chose to ...

Irenosen Okojie in an interview with the Ake festival team spoke about her writing, Nigerian literature and why "great writing should cause a shift, a reaction and a response". Freelance arts project ...

In a bold and commendable move aimed at promoting literary excellence among young Nigerians, Adwinsa Publications Nigeria Limited has officially launched the Nigerian Students’ Literature Prize (NSLP) ...

Death, both real and imagined, regularly aims its arrows at the heart of the Nigerian literature. And each try has failed. Death’s failure is the handiwork of the soldiers of the Nigerian literature.

There have been groundbreaking hustler narratives from the US – like The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) written by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, and Donald Goines’ Dopefiend (1971). In recent times, ...

In a recent episode of the 'The Simpsons' the storyline was centred around a Nigerian character, and that brings in books from the above mentioned authors. The comedy focuses on an eponymous family in ...

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and ...

A professor of African Literature at the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Sunny Ijirhevwe Awhefeada, has identified the significance of Nigerian literature, saying it is the nation’s prime ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State English faculty member is one of three nominees selected for a shortlist of finalists to receive the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his poetry written in ...

In the twenty-first century, the study of literature must reflect the dynamics of society. In other words, there has to be a way in which literature, in refining our faculties and heightening our ...

Here's a story that isn't dominating the headlines, but deserves a close look: Three African authors are nominated for a relatively new fiction literature prize, and the finalist will walk away with ...