Onyeka Nwelue, writer, filmmaker, teacher, and literary tastemaker, has reacted to the termination of his Academic Visitor status at the University of Oxford. The termination was conveyed to Onyeka Nwelue via a one-line email from Professor Larmer Miles, Director, of…
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu wins the 2021 James Currey Prize for African Literature
Nigerian writer, Ani Kayode Somtochukwu has won the £1,000 inaugural James Currey Prize for African Literature with his manuscript, “And Then He Sang a Lullaby”. The winner was announced in a virtual event, by the Chair of the Jury, Sarah…
James Currey Prize announces shortlist of 5
The James Currey Prize for African Literature has announced the shortlist for the 2021 edition. The Chair of the jury of the inaugural edition, Sarah Inyal-Lawal, made this known July 1st, 2021. The winner of the £1,000 prize will be…
Time to enthusiastically celebrate Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o‘s legacy – Onyeka Nwelue
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. The name itself is magical. Peculiar tone markers, an apostrophe in an unusual place, distinct from where you’d find it in those Irish names that users and observers of the English language worldwide are accustomed to –…