Literature

Amid growing concern about increasing rate of suicide and depression in the country, a motivational book that would point people to success despite challenges has been introduced to the public.

In spite of this obvious genius, Okara has remained largely missing out in the discourse of Nigeria’s critical, literary establishment. A few factor have been adduced for this.

The author of the critically acclaimed novel, Everything God Will Come, will launch her first book of plays “Sefi Atta: Selected Plays” on Sunday May 7, 2017 at Freedom Park, Lagos.

Julie Iromuanya’s novel Mr. & Mrs. Doctor could not be more relevant than in these times. It is a time when immigration and refugee crises have reached a record high and forced world powers to align themselves with open border policies.

The winner will be selected from the three shortlisted authors: Jacqui L’Ange author of The Seed Thief; Jowhor Ile, author of And After Many Days, and Julie Iromuanya, author of Mr and Mrs Doctor.

I wanted to make people cry. I also noticed from all the books that I read about Lagos that they were either talking about just the Island or just the mainland. No book about Lagos has talked about both the Island and mainland at once.

The playwright drew attention to the fact that every writer must be a good observer, adding that inspiration, intuition and imagination are the three eyes a writer must have to be successful.

What is attempted in this short essay is a critical overview of attempts at theorising the third-generation Nigerian novels and the strands of discourse that are emerging from the critical interventions.

The university has been central to the consolidation of Nigerian literature in many ways. While a great deal of the literature is produced by members of the university communities...

On World Poetry Day, March 21, 2017, Ibadan had an indelible literary event in celebration of Prof. Niyi Osundare, who recently turned 70.

When I was about thirteen I memorized my first real poem. It was “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost. I loved the melodic sound of the words as they slipped from my mouth, sliding in rhyme against one another.

I started this article by doing something I should do more often: Googling its title. As an aside, it truly is a good idea to run a search engine using as keywords the title of your poetry collection, novel, or non-fiction tome.