Literature

Interview: Lola Shoneyin

Last year, a major festival of Arts and Books launched in Nigeria, and surprisingly it wasn't based in one of the larger cities in the country, Abuja, Calabar, ...

“Journey to Ake”

“Journey to Ake” If you’ve only watched Lagos Airport – the infamous documentary about said airport, your impression of Murtala Muhammed airport will be a bit ...

“The Price of Things”

“The Price of Things” Last night, after leaving the festival site, called the June 12th Cultural Centre, I took a motorbike taxi home; in the first instance, th...

Four Books to Look Forward to in 2015

  Four Books to Look Forward to in 2015 Elnathan John, whose first novel is scheduled to be released this year by Cassava Republic 1. Eight New Generation ...

Black Dandyism

Michèle Mendelssohn considers the dandy in early 20th-century African-American culture 20th-century dandyism was deeply rooted in 19th-century literary and perf...

Whose Story Is It Anyway?

Writers discuss the representation of refugees in novels and plays. What ethical questions are involved? Is there a responsibility to represent refugees positiv...