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  • Francesca Ekwuyasi: Interview

    by Nicole Dennis-Benn Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread, is an evocative, lyrical tale of three Nigerian women—a mother and her two daughters whose relationship is ripped apart by a terrible event that would take years to overcome. We follow Kambrinichi—the troubled matriarch who believes she is an obanje— a spirit child in…

    May 17, 2022
    Interviews
    21 minutes
  • 50 Books By African Men That Everyone Should Read: Part 2 | bookshy

    50 Books By African Men That Everyone Should Read: Part 2 Back in July, I got to work with Dele Fatunla, the editor for Royal African Society’s Gateway for Africa blog

    November 29, 2014
    Blog
    1 minute
  • Bridgett M. Davis: Interview

    by Kim Coleman Foote Bridgett M. Davis insists she’s “so not a Superwoman” but rather a careful planner. That, she says, is how she has successfully held several demanding careers in three decades.

    November 26, 2014
    Interviews
    1 minute
  • Is African Identity Really Out of Fashion? | Brittle Paper

    Wanuri Kahiu is a brilliant filmmaker. Pumzi, her post-apocalyptic sci-fi short film, was screened at Sundance

    February 11, 2014
    Blog
    1 minute
  • Americanah: Review

    Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Alfred A. Knopf Review by Colleen Lutz Clemens It’s been four years since the 2009 publication of Chimamanda Adichie’s stunning short story collection The Things Around Your Neck.

    August 5, 2013
    Reviews
    1 minute
  • There Was a Country by Achebe | NYT

    There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe by Adam Nossiter Rumors of Nigeria’s demise have been somewhat exaggerated. This turbulent and magnetic African megastate endures despite its intense regional, religious and

    November 3, 2012
    Blog
    1 minute
  • Helon Habila, Publisher? | Sunday Trust

    Commonwealth and Caine Prize winning writer, Helon Habila has been in Nigeria

    August 19, 2012
    Blog
    1 minute
  • Chimamanda Adichie: Interview

    by A. Naomi JacksonMosaic #17 – Winter 2007 She was born in Enugu and grew up in Nsukka; her father was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Before she had even undertaken her first degree, Adichie had already published a collection of poetry, Decisions, seen her play For Love of Biafra performed, and received…

    June 17, 2010
    Interviews
    7 minutes

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