I am a writer and arts journalist now based in Lagos. This is a blog on arts and culture. The focus is on Nigeria's art scene, especially her 'Word's Body' - the writers. As and when, we'll also touch on wider African writing, as well as international literature. In short, a saturation of the arts.
"Tomorrow Died Yesterday" by Chimeka Garricks
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This month, *CLR* presents Oyebanji Ayodele’s opinion of Chimeka
Garricks’ *Tomorrow Died Yesterday*. Enjoy and do engage our guest blogger
in the comme...
The 2013 Sunday Times Fiction Prize Longlist
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*Alert! *The Sunday Times revealed the longlists for its 2013 literary
awards yesterday. There are 31 titles on this year's Fiction Prize
longlist. Judges...
DISCUSSION: Reading Translations
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The vast number of written languages means that we would need translators
to be able to read literature from different areas of the globe. Today,
translato...
Nigeria Invades the 2013 Caine Prize Shortlist
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And here are the details from the Caine Prize website:
*The shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing has been
announced today (Wednesday 15...
Ghanaian Masterpiece by Kofi Setordji
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West African statues on Trojan wooden horses; el...
Buy Americanah at these Stores
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Pick up your paperback and hardback copies of Chimamanda Adichie’s
Americanah at the following bookstores: In Lagos:Quintessence, Falomo
Shopping Complex, ...
Marcia's "Tease" opening @ Susan Inglett (pictures)
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Marcia's opening last night at Susan Inglett art gallery in Chelsea, New
York was, take my word for it, fabulous. Old and new friends came out to
celebra...
A busy month!
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I see I last posted on 8th March - goodness. A lot has happened since then:
From 7th to 17th March I was at Anam Cara, my (I wish it was 'my - I mean
it'...
Noemi Press 2013 Contest
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Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Noemi Press are
given annually for one book-length poetry collection and one
book-length work of fiction. The...
The Superpower of Pain
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I have spent most of the last six days in bed. I've had sciatica, a
terrible pinching of the sciatic nerve that runs down your leg from your
hip. It's giv...
writing, again
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i have kept every word i have ever written, more or less, since i was a
child. in folders, notebooks and binders, folded up slips of paper stuck in
old dia...
Goodbye...for now
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Hello everyone,
This is a note, to break the silence, to explain it, maybe. First,
apologies for the long hiatus. We have been away for a while, our last...
Books on Contemporary Nigerian Art
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I have added a few more books published recently. If you know of better
ones, please let me know. B.A. ADEMULEYA, Akin ONIPEDE & Mike OMOIGHE (ed.)
Creativ...
Horse On West Africa tour
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I am a lazy writer, too often waiting for inspiration to come along and
nudge me into action. Sadly, my industry today has more to do with vexation
than in...
Work-In-Progress
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Hello everyone! It has been a while, and I must say a lot has been
happening to me in the interim. My book, BLACKBIRD, has recently
been long-listed for th...
CORA Parades Nigerian Authors In London
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NIGERIA HOUSE LITERATURE SHOWCASE - CORA Art & Cultural Foundation
*For Olympics, CORA Parades Nigerian Authors In London*
•culled from The Guardian, Sunda...
News of Dana
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I was at the airport with two of my children on 3 June, waiting for the
Dana aeroplane that was to fly us from Lagos to Abuja. It never arrived. At
the air...
so... we own a bookstore now, hunh?
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been a busy last 4 months since my last regular post. found out in
mid-april that my part-time gig at local landmark Morgan Adam Books was
coming to an end...
Pilgrimages on CNN
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In an ambitious drive to promote African writing, 14 African writers have
visited different cities across the continent to produce a series of travel
book...
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*"The Waiting Room"*
*There is a place where luck and the fates cannot save you. It is a place
where natural cunning and innate intelligence must be put ...
From Pakistan, with fond memories
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This afternoon, we went up the Margalla Mountains here in Islamabad. There
is a fine restaurant there, perched right at the top, such that you can see
the ...
1 comment:
Hello MW,
couldn't make the play but I've heard quite a bit about it. Would be interested in hearing the idea(s) behind the story.
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