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Essays/Criticism · Fiction · Lit Mag · Literature · Writing
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[…]
Arts · Culture and Society · Film · opinion
The team here at NigeriansTalk is excited to present our new contributor Mafoya Dossoumon. He was born and raised in Benin Republic. He lived briefly in France with his parents as[…]
There is music and there is music. There is music to make you shake your “bum bum” and there is music to make you reminisce. In “Olorun Mi,” Tiwa Savage does more[…]
Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature
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[…]
Art/Photography · Arts · Culture and Society · Lit Mag
Since returning to Nigeria from the United States in 2008, Victor Ehikhamenor has worked as a journalist, writer, graphic artist, photographer, and the creative director of 234NEXT newspaper. Of his[…]
Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature · opinion
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
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[…]
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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[…]
Arts · Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · News
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[…]
Culture and Society · Literature
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[…]