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Sefi Atta's Public Book Signing
Sefi Atta’s Public Book Signing
On on Sunday, May 7, 2017, Nigerian writer Sefi Atta will be signing her new book, eponymously named: Sefi Atta: Selected Plays.
The public book signing will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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A Walk to the Zayed Mosque
A Walk to the Zayed Mosque
The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi was completed in 2007 after about 11 years of construction efforts, and about $545million to become the 21st largest mosque in the world by crowd capacity. On a typical Friday, it can host about 41,000 worshippers.
From my room at the Ritz Carlton where I was spending about a week, the view of the mosque dominated the evening, with…
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Invisible Borders at Photography Museum of Amsterdam
Invisible Borders at Photography Museum of Amsterdam
Over recent years, in all kinds of places around the globe, collectives have been formed that are not tied to specific institutes or to ways of organising activities that are imposed from above. There is a growing tendency among photographers and artists as well to join forces and organise themselves. Many such collectives are based on do-it-yourself principles of ‘cut out the middleman’.
Althoug…
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"Like Listening To An Aunt" | Sefi Atta's Tribute to Buchi Emecheta
“Like Listening To An Aunt” | Sefi Atta’s Tribute to Buchi Emecheta
The first time I met Buchi Emecheta in person was in 2005, just after my debut novel Everything Good Will Come was published. I had contacted her through an old college mate, Kadija George, to ask for an endorsement, which she very kindly agreed to give. To paraphrase her endorsement, she wrote that reading my novel was like listening to an old friend talk about Lagos.
That was the same year she…
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“Ours is Not Yet a Humane Society” | Conversation with Niyi Osundare
“Ours is Not Yet a Humane Society” | Conversation with Niyi Osundare
Professor Níyì Ọsundáre is Professor of English at University of New Orleans, USA, and one of the best-known poets from Africa. His works of published poetry include Songs of the Marketplace (1983), Village Voices (1984), A Nib in the Pond(1986), The Eye of the Earth (1986), which won both the Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize and The Commonwealth Poetry Prize in its year of…
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Home Is a Slippery Word: Interview with Namwali Serpell
Home Is a Slippery Word: Interview with Namwali Serpell
Writer and professor Namwali Serpell of Zambia and of the University of California, Berkeley, was declared the 2015 winner of The Caine Prize, the most prestigious prize for the short story by an African writer. Her story, first published in Africa39 was titled The Sack. It was a story which she herself describedas “a story so strange”. It was a story that I found quite fascinating in its…
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2017: Optimism as Resistance
2017: Optimism as Resistance
It’s some of the first few hours of 2017, a year that has taken too long to come. I’m watching, on Netflix, a serial on Queen Elizabeth and the House of Windsor titled The Crown. It’s an engaging series of stories around the style and life of the reigning British monarch and her life on the throne. I had intended to watch just a few episodes of the show, and now it seems that we’d watch the whole…
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Across the West African Coast: Sierra Leone
Across the West African Coast: Sierra Leone
by Yemi Adésànyà
The first mention of a 40 minutes ferry ride from the airport to the city elicited a skittish gasp from me. I wasn’t expecting a boat ride as the primary means of transportation from the airport, and I promptly enquired from my host if I could not be taken, as usual, in a car. It is amazing how living in Lagos, a city with generous water channels and opportunities for water…
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Excerpts from Noah Town by Leke Adesanya
Excerpts from Noah Town by Leke Adesanya
If you ever come to Noah Town, you’ll probably arrive by coach. The long buses come off interstate trunk roads from far and near, from smaller towns and villages were dreams of making it in the big city still has its allure. The buses pour out streams of young men and women hourly at almost a clockwork rate. They come with their dreams and aspirations, their bags and little savings. They are…
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Aké Festival 2016: How History is Made
Aké Festival 2016: How History is Made
A festival is just a festival, isn’t it? A gathering of tribes, a place of ideas and relationships, a week-long commingling of the most cerebral kind. But it is also something else: an annual attempt to write the history of the continent’s literary history in the minds of its practitioners and for posterity. This latter purpose is usually the least stated on the invitation brochure.
My…
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Aké of the Resident Onlooker
Aké of the Resident Onlooker
I pack my bag last-minute and travel in a dusty cab to a dream in Abẹ́òkuta.
I get a roommate, two yellow shirts and out of myself. Briefly I wonder if the email I have just sent to my boss will guarantee my being sacked. Then I stop wondering and look up. Yellow light from hanging chandeliers. Poised and bright and sure. I assume that the chandelier is aware of self. It knows that first it was…
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Press Release: Irawo Poetry Anthology
Press Release: Irawo Poetry Anthology
PRESS RELEASE – Ibadan, November 21, 2016
Irawo Poetry Anthology:
48 poems celebrating 48 years of Irawo University Centre, Ibadan
We are glad to announce that 48 poems have been accepted for publication in the 2017 Irawo Poetry Anthology.
Irawo University Centreis a private hall of residence for male students, principally of the University of Ibadan. This Centre is one of the numerous…
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Befriending Lagos: A Benin Story
Befriending Lagos: A Benin Story
By Stephanie Ohumu
It is October, in the year of Donald Trump, 2016. I have recently moved to Lagos. On the first day of work, I start to live. I walk in, breasts uncased and participate in surprising normalcy. Wild and free breasts do not bother the people here. This is how I know that I will be fine in this Lagos. Just fine.
My name is Stephanie and I am 20. Inside of my heart is mourning for…
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Top African Destinations for the Romantic in You
Top African Destinations for the Romantic in You
Africa has it all: epic landscapes, iconic wildlife, natural wonders and an incredible variety of cultures. This beautifully diverse continent also has a romantic side and offers a host of destinations where hopeless romantics can celebrate their love in the lap of luxury.
Tanzania
Zanzibar, the white sand archipelago located off the coast of Tanzania, is the jewel of the African coastline. The…
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Across the West African Coast: Gambia
Across the West African Coast: Gambia
by Yẹmí Adésànyà
Gambia started on quite a happy note: a small serene country with clean beaches and monkeyed trees. I went to bed to the sloshing sound of the moiling Atlantic Ocean, drowning the indistinct chatter from drinkers at the outdoor pool-side bar. I loved Gambia at first sight.
Work too started on a good note, and I quickly made my way to Timbooktoo Bookshop, aiming only to…
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How To Look Crazy in Kigali
How To Look Crazy in Kigali
by Laila Le Guen
There’s nothing wrong with looking a little crazy on a trip. In fact, it can be a fun way to make friends. I know, I know, crazy is probably not what you’re going for. You’ve researched the weather and fashion trends, packed adequately and learnt three words of Kinyarwanda. You’ll totally blend in. Except…
Take it from me, looking crazy doesn’t happen on purpose and preparedness…
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"TESOL Beggar" (Ajah, 10/12)