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Press Release: “Giants of History”

  • April 9, 2014

Press Release/Announcement on “GIANTS OF HISTORY” – A book by Lateef Ibirogba Giants of History is a coffee-table non-fiction book for readers, writers, journalists, students, and other research or history-oriented[…]

Essays · Literature

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THE ART OF LIVING AND DYING: THE SARTREAN MOMENT IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS

  • February 13, 2014

by Adeshina Afolayan Coming into this place is one of the momentous times of my life. It is one of those moments when you lose control of yourself and refuse to[…]

Arts · Culture and Society · Literature · opinion

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Open Letter to Nigerian News Sites

  • August 24, 2013

by Damola Fakunle I am writing to you as a concerned Nigerian nineteen year old. After having visited your website, I find it disconcerting that there is scant mention of[…]

Essays/Criticism · Fiction · Lit Mag · Literature · Writing

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No, Not “America”, but Love – A Review

  • June 20, 2013

by Kola Tubosun Here are my thoughts on the final story on the Caine Prize shortlist: Chinelo Okparanta’s America. Thoughts on earlier stories are here: Bayan Layi, Miracle, Foreign Aid and Whispering Trees. _________________ As far as[…]

Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature

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The Fledgling Whispers of a Story – A Review

  • June 8, 2013

by Kola Tubosun This week, I discuss my thoughts on Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Whispering Trees, the fourth story on the shortlist of the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing. Many other[…]

Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature · opinion

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The Travails of Logan – A Review of “Foreign Aid”

  • June 2, 2013

by Kola Tubosun I began reading this story with trepidation, and a worry that after reading Elnathan John’s “Bayan Layi” which moved me in a disturbing yet endearing way, and Tope Folarin’s “Miracle”,[…]

Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature

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Losing a Faith You Never Had – A Review of “Miracle”

  • May 26, 2013

by Kola Tubosun This week, as part of my five-week blogathon on the five shortlisted stories in the 2013 Caine Prize, I present some thoughts on the second story: Tope Folarin’s Miracle, first published in the[…]

Culture and Society · Literature

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Farafina Announces Chimamanda’s “Americanah”

  • March 30, 2013

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[…]

Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature · Non-fiction

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10 Questions for Mafoya

  • January 12, 2013

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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RE: A Bird Sings Because… by Jeremy Weate

  • December 3, 2012

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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