The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionised writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, for four years of my…
Professor Nduka Otiono donates books worth N382k to Nigerian universities
Nigerian Canadian professor of African Studies and English at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Nduka Otiono, has donated books worth N382,000 to three Nigerian Universities: University of Ibadan (UI), University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), and University of Lagos (UNILAG). Professor Otiono made…
Day Okediran presented “Madagali” at 20th Nigeria International Book Fair in Lagos
On the day the recently held Nigeria International Book Fair closed proceedings, held from July 27 to 29 at Harbour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, was the auspicious moment former Association of Nigerian Authors’ (ANA) president and current Secretary-General…
Anambra State endows Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) which Africa’s greatest raconteur and novelist founded at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, the Anambra State Government has endowed a Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing worth…
Nasarawa govt to partner ANA on literary works
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is set to collaborate with the state chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), to make literary works available to all schools. The Commissioner, Hajia Fatu Sabo, said this in…
Anambra congratulates James Eze on winning poetry prize
Anambra State has congratulated James Eze, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Willie Obiano, for winning the 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize at the weekend. James Eze won the coveted prize with his critically acclaimed debut collection…
There was a poet called Idzia Ahmad – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Many critics across the globe scoff at contemporary poetry. In an April 2, 2000 London Sunday Times review of Jonathan Bate’s The Song of the Earth, critic Bryan Appleyard wrote: “Nobody cares about poetry anymore. It is marginalised, trivial, the…
Dangerous love: Growing up Lesbian in Nigeria – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Embracing My Shadow: Growing up Lesbian in Nigeria by Unoma Azuah; Beaten Track Publishing; 2020; 218pp It takes tremendous courage for a Nigerian woman to engage in an open love affair with another woman. The act of damning all consequences…
In search of the vanishing art of Nigeria’s literary criticism – Michael Jimoh
There was once a time when literary criticism occupied public space in Nigerian newspapers with popular pullouts like Guardian Literary Series and Post Express Literary Supplement. They are no more. Worse still, up-and-coming writers are oftentimes denied access to relevant…
NASRDA, ANA make call for science fiction writing
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has made a call for creative content, to be posted on NASRDA’s 20th anniversary website. A statement by ANA PRO (South), Wole Adedoyin,…