2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Call for Entries
The 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. The award, which is conferred annually, is one of the world’s most regarded literary honors for a short story, and recognizes the best piece of unpublished short fiction between 2,000 and 5,000 words in English by a citizen of a Commonwealth […]
Okey Ndibe: Writing Well And Lessons Achebe, Soyinka Taught Me
Prof. Okey Ndibe is such a pleasant personality and soul. All I needed to track down the amiable and admirable gentleman who writes wondrously and speaks sumptuously for this detailed interview on writing and more was just a text message. He got back to me barely 48 hours later – apologising for ‘abandoning’ his messages […]
Departmental International Seminar Series
IT’S TODAY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 2021 SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, NIGERIA Departmental International Seminar Series TOPIC: Travel Writing GUEST SPEAKER: Dr Wale Okediran, Secretary General, Pan African Writers Association, Accra, Ghana. VENUE: Red Carpet Hall DATE: Tues Oct 5, 2021 TIME: 9am GMT, 10am Lagos, 12noon Nairobi and Kampala Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86723150555?pwd=ZUpnd3RId0UzVXhNT3djTkQxYUNTQT09 Meeting ID: […]
African Authors and the Challenge of Audio Books
By Tayo Popoola L A California, USA. I’m listening to ‘Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,’ Wole Soyinka’s new book on Amazon’s Audible. I just started, and I’m only on chapter 2. I am however disappointed by the publishers’ choice to use someone who sounds like a white British guy, but […]
A Seeking Heart
And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there as a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. – Luke 19:1,2. Jesus, the chief of all men, the chief of all personages in heaven and in earth had passed through Jericho. The chief of the Jewish group, who […]
Four African Writers for the Ebebi International Writers Residency, Nigeria
Four male African Writers from Cameroon, Togo and Nigeria have arrived at the Ebebi International Writers Residency, Iseyin, Nigeria for the next session of the program. The writers who will be in the residency for four weeks will work on their individual writing projects and also mentor Nigerian Secondary School students on the area of […]
Serminar on travel writing
Topic: Travel Writing Guest Speaker: Dr. Wale Okediran, Secretary General, Pan African Writers Association, Accra, Ghana Venue: Red carpet hall Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Time: 9am GMT, 10am Lagos, 12noon Nairobi and Kampala Join zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86723150555?pwd=ZUpnd3RId0UzVXhNT3djTkQxYUNTQT09 Meeting ID: 867 2315 0555 Passcode: 833031
My Estate of Gold: Silence is Golden
“Silence is the key that Unlocks the vast resources Of the universe.” – ADESANU Another important step toward success is to keep your affairs to yourself. Unless it is necessary to discuss your desires from a business viewpoint, do not talk of what you wish to accomplish.Concentrate on your desires, find your goal, and work […]
Sex Scandal Rocks WHO – Adewale Sobowale
The Ebola outbreak has come and gone but it’s impact will continue to be felt in Congo. This is because twenty one workers of the World Health Organization, WHO, have been accused of sexually harassing people during an Ebola outbreak. A panel commissioned by WHO has identified a whopping 83 alleged perpetrators connected to the […]