As you know, I self-published and while I’m glad I did it and I’m grateful for the reach Mad Woman has had…. I don’t think I’m ever self-publishing again. It was not an easy journey, but worthwhile, and I had an incredible support system.
This rare feat of gathering these complexities in Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar, Libya, Zimbabwe etc and even in non-African states like Hawaii he pulled off, exhilaratingly so, in this collection that reminds us that no matter the national boundaries separating us, humanity is always the same everywhere, an actuality that pulls down boundaries.
Now, the future is vast and open-ended and can be interpreted in any number of ways, but I decided to place some of the futuristic stories within the African and Igbo context.
When I am writing poetry, there is no stage version of me, neither is there a page version of me.
February is the month of love or Afro love, so, we are highlighting Kiru Taye as a teller of love stories. Kiru wanted to read
My female characters can choose what femininity and strength mean to them because they are people with their own unique interests and personalities, just like my male characters have their own different strengths and views on masculinity.
Writing it was inspired by an invitation from my mother. A little over a year after her funeral, on a cold January night, I was sitting on my couch in my apartment in Geneva, journaling, when I heard a familiar yet unexpected voice.
Set inside the ward at Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba, situated in Lagos, a young nameless narrator unravels a chilling tale of beauty, sexuality, abuse and mystery.
Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria’s societal expectations in the 1980s. After a rape and unwanted pregnancy leave her exiled from her family in Kano, thwarting her plans to go to university, she is sent to her aunt’s in Lagos and pressured into a marriage with an older man.
As we draw the curtains of 2021, clad in left-over pandemic and slow-downs, we are happy to be collecting a list of 30 African writers, in alphabetical order, who you should know in 2022.
My growing fondness for E.C Osondu’s writing was sparked from reading his widely-acclaimed Caine-Prize winning short story, “Waiting” (originally published on Guernica magazine). A deeply
Congratulations on your second poetry collection. I have followed your work for years- and have seen you have really been very consistent with poetry in
This is 2021 and new authors of children’s books are emerging, young publishers are springing up, and gorgeous books are penetrating the market. It’s indeed a beautiful thing to see. It’s pleasing to see children finding themselves in these books.
Tolu Agoro is a hair artist, natural hair nurturer, a hair stylist in general at LUSCURLS. She’s Chimamanda Adichie’s UK hairstylist at all times. I
Obinna Udenwe is a novelist and short story writer. The author of the conspiracy crime thriller, Satans & Shaitans, and most recently the novel, Colours
Text by: Glory Nwangwa Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu is this rugged soul who is the outright definition of a rebel. A young man who questions everything and
In this articulate essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, grief is disambiguated. She writes about how grief ravages one, strips one aloof; how words, the languages
In a time when theatres face a dearth of good pieces and theatrical performances gradually fade into plain text, the need for a homecoming of
Books, literary meetings and magazines are essential to the creative development of a writer. Over the years, we have observed that lack of finance affects
My name is Iquo B. Essien. I am a Nigerian-American filmmaker with a Master’s in Fine Arts degree in film from NYU’s Tisch School of
Born in Imo State, Nigeria, contemporary Nigerian artist Tonia Nneji comes from a long line of traditional carvers and masquerade carriers. Following the family tradition
As you know, I self-published and while I’m glad I did it and I’m grateful for the reach Mad Woman has had…. I don’t think I’m ever self-publishing again. It was not an easy journey, but worthwhile, and I had an incredible support system.
This rare feat of gathering these complexities in Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Madagascar, Libya, Zimbabwe etc and even in non-African states like Hawaii he pulled off, exhilaratingly so, in this collection that reminds us that no matter the national boundaries separating us, humanity is always the same everywhere, an actuality that pulls down boundaries.
Now, the future is vast and open-ended and can be interpreted in any number of ways, but I decided to place some of the futuristic stories within the African and Igbo context.
When I am writing poetry, there is no stage version of me, neither is there a page version of me.
February is the month of love or Afro love, so, we are highlighting Kiru Taye as a teller of love stories. Kiru wanted to read
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