My Lovelorn Journal by Oluwafemi Babasola
a promise will be broken
an unsung poem will be etched
on the shores of time
ripe sorrows will flirt with grieving lines
unfinished lovelorn will float
Event – Bookversations with Tomi Adesina
Ignite Africa is organising a Bookversation with Tomi Adesina on her book ‘George’s Pieces of Me’ and her movie ‘Hakkunde’. The book chat will be moderated by Samsudeen Alabi. Are…More
Event – An Evening of Conversations with Chimamanda in Lagos
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a multiple award winning writer and speaker for women’s rights. Her Nigerian publishers, Narrative Landscape, will be hosting her in Victoria Island, Lagos for discussions around…More
The 2018 Writivism Festival, a celebration of African Arts and Literature
History and events are better lived in than discussed. And Writivism, over the last five years, and its Annual Writivism Festival have painted this picture clearly, growing to be among…More
An agitation for the rebirth of popular literature in Nigeria by Nurudeen ARIBISALA
The Onitsha market literature holds the legacy of birthing the Macmillan pacesetter series — a series introduced in 1977 for young adults, publishing the bulk of the novels between 1977…More
To my lover with love by Itiola Victor
In an overcrowded class
I found a friend who smiles, always
Her smile, enough to lighten my day
A shield from the draining sun
Life by Timi Sanni
Life
Of skinny children with empty bowls
Of moguls dressed in gilded attires
Of ancestors long gone
Book Review: Blackass by Igoni Barrett
Book: BLACKASS Author: Igoni Barrett Furo Wariboko, the protagonist in Igoni Barrett’s Kafkaesque dark satirical comedy wakes up and discovers that ‘dreams can lose their way and turn up on the wrong…More
Writing Contests & Publishing Opportunities in Africa 2018
Looking for writing contests (fiction or non-fiction) or publishing you can participate in? We have curated some of the writing competitions you can take part of before the year runs…More
Abused by Ibrahim Williams
When you came to seek my commitment
You came wearing no sterns but smiles.
You knelt to our customs, and laid a-front my parents.
You promised me heaven, on earth,