Barna and I
by Elnathan John My mother never liked her. Or her mother. She would always hesitate a few seconds before saying “Mhmm” when Thandiwe knelt down on one knee to greet[…]
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Issue #20: Of Literature in Retrieval
Sitting together one evening in Ibadan, discussing translation and the progress of African language technology, Tunde Adegbola, one of the pioneers in the field and fellow participant in the language[…]
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Five Poems by Elnathan John
DINNER TIME Do we sometimes bask in our delusions, And become tourists in lands that never were? -Anon. I am not fooled By this cool wind In my face I[…]
In Conversation with Aaron Bady
by Kola Tubosun My first interaction with Aaron Bady was through the Caine Prize Carnival (now in its third year) in which bloggers give their opinion on Caine Prize shortlisted[…]
Waiting for Caine 2013
by Kola Tubosun What will the Caine Prize judges be looking for this year? Topicality? Politics? Dexterity? Profundity? Conflict? Emotion? Complexity? Looking at a set of shortlisted stories that[…]
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The Children of “Bayan Layi” – A Review
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[…]