(by Chinyere Obi-Obasi…NOTE: This is a challenge that also has prizes to be won!! Can you beat that?!!) Hope you have not forgotten the challenge One of the reasons why I am a hit with my children is because of my fertile imagination. So while telling the story of Joseph and Portiphar’s wife, I tell … Continue reading »
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Wordsmiths in Nigeria: Relics of a lost age? by Chika Nwakama
Art is life. Life’s art. Writing is an art, it could also be a life. What else captures the details of the past, intertwining it with the occurrence of the present, yet plodding the way for the future but writing. With just a few words, your imagination travels between time and space, thus making geographic … Continue reading »
HOW TO BE A NIGERIAN WRITER by Elnathan John
You know the value of books. The process of making them intrigues you. You want your name on the front cover of a book and, like an earthworm inches through dirt into the ground, you want to make your way into people’s homes, heads and hearts. I am here to help you achieve … Continue reading »
THE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS LITERARY AWARDS WINNERS FOR 2012
ANA Prose Fiction Prize 2012 Pride of the Spider Clan – Odili Ujubuonu – Winner Beyond the Yard – Inyang E. Ekwo A Time To Heal – Seye Oke ANA Poetry Prize 2012 Inside my Head – Umari Ayim – Winner Canvas – Saddiq Dzukogi Go Tell Our King – Betty Abah ANA … Continue reading »
RAMBLINGS ON THE WRITER’S DEPTH
There is something about the depth of the artiste – it is only gotten by going into the heart of this one. Several years ago, I would marvel at the profoundness of the works of lots of literary maestros. The depth of their creative springs and reaches left me bedazzled. I started writing, churning out … Continue reading »
DAMN YOU (LETTER TO NIGERIAN LITERATURE AND ALL INVOLVED)
(SMALL NOTE TO NIGERIAN LITERATURE AND ALL INVOLVED: DAMN YOU!) __________________________________________________________________________ Yup, damn you! I am usually conservative but even for that, damn me! Nigerian writers and its literature is largely uncelebrated in the country – for most of that, damn Nigeria! Nigerians prefer to read foreign books – damn Nigerians! Readers would rather read … Continue reading »
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR SENDING MS TO AFRICAN WRITERS’ SERIES
If you would like to submit your work to the Heinemann African Writers Series for consideration for publication: Please send a brief synopsis of one page or less, a covering letter and typed manuscript of the first 3 chapters (or around fifty pages) to the following address: AWS Submissions C/o Lynette Lisk Pearson Education Edinburgh … Continue reading »
