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by Kola Tubosun As part of my five-week blogathon on the five shortlisted stories in the 2013 Caine Prize, I present some thoughts on the first story: Elnathan John’s Bayan Layi, first published at http://www.percontra.net/issues/25/fiction/bayan-layi/. ______ Bayin Layi is a[...]
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by Kola Tubosun Fantastic news! Out of this year’s five shortlisted stories for the annual Caine Prize for Writing, four of the stories are from Nigeria. This is unprecedented in[...]
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Farafina is proud to announce the Nigerian edition of AMERICANAH, the highly anticipated novel by award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Release date is April 21, 2013 in Lagos. In the[...]
Yewande Omotosho, a Nigerian-Barbadian, naturalised South African Citizen, is among the four female writers who have since commenced the March-April 2013 Ebedi Residency in Iseyin, Oyo State. The Cape Town,[...]
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by Dami Ajayi Dying young is becoming fashionable. I can’t seem to think of a better kind of death for a creative individual though. Imagine not having to grow grey[...]
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Mafoya Doussoumon is the thirty-one year old author of a fascinating new book of essays titled African Expectations (Available on Amazon.com). I caught up with him for a one-one-one. _______ Tell[...]
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Since I heard about the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, India has been on my mind. The woman was on her way home from the cinema with a[...]
by Enigbe Solabomi On December 27th, I was scrolling through my blackberry contacts when the display picture of one of my contacts caught my eye. It was the picture of a[...]
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Ikhide, Let us be clear. I was disappointed with your comments a few months ago because you apparently deliberately confused two very different issues, as a means to slander our reputation as[...]
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Dear Kola, I am responding a bit belatedly to your editorial, A Bird Sings Because… Many thanks for sharing. Facts are facts and opinions belong to their owner. I generally do not[...]
