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.
“The Banquet” by Wana Udobang #PoetryMonth
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Wana Udobang (MissWanaWana) is a journalist, poet and filmmaker. She lives
in Lagos. Her spoken word album, In Memory of Forgetting, is available on
iTunes...
My Opinion Editorial in The New York Times
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After my initial response to the social media criticisms of the National
Cathedral, Accra, designed by David Adjaye, I have now written a bit more,
now as ...
Gaborone Book Night- be There!!!
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I will be speaking about my novel *The Scattering* and about writing
historical fiction in general. Other authors on the programme are: Modirwa
Kekwalets...
April 21, 2018
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12:30 PM In conversation with Ngugi wa Thiong’o Los Angeles Times Festival
of Books Hoffman Hall University of Southern California Los Angeles,
California
Welcome to Lagos is COMING TO AMERICA!!
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*Brooklyn, NY: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 at 7pm*WORD Bookstore
126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
in conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of *H...
Wakanda Therapy is This?
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Can a film be therapeutic? The first time I watch Black Panther, at the
IMAX cinema, I don’t feel great. If feeling good is the definition of
therapeutic t...
NIGERIA ART MARKET REPORT 2017
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Finally, the NIGERIA ART MARKET REPORT for the year 2017 is out. You can
download it HERE. In this report, I analyse data from nine auctions whose
main foc...
75 books read in 2017
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Feeling creatively somewhat wrung out after 9/10 books of all sorts in ten
years, I decided to put creating aside for 2017, and concentrate on other
thin...
Weekend Links – April 2nd
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As could probably be guessed about someone who writes posts online about
books, and effuses regularly on twitter about books and other things (cats!
baking...
The State of African Literature Now
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There is an abundance of it on US soil; it seems American publishers have
discovered African writers (never mind that that haven't discovered me yet,
beca...
Yao Metsoko | International Artist
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« Humains-Animaux, le grand jeu des correspondances » de Yao Metsoko
Yao Metsoko | International Artist
Vernissage de l’expositionen présence de l’artistel...
Thien Cung Cave in HaLong Bay
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Thien Cung Cave (Heavenly Cave)
When you booking halong bay tours or halong bay cruises, one of place you
must visit is Thien Cung Cave in HaLong Bay
It is ...
Harga Asus Zenfone 2 di Indonesia saat Ini
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Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML yang disebut product teranyar dari vendor Asus serta
termasuk product teranyar di seri Asus Zenfone Series. Meskipun umumnya
product...
The Author Speaks with Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam
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This is the fifth in a series of interviews with Ankara Press authors. You
can read the first four here, here, here and here.
Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam*In 2010,Ch...
Africa Writing Queer Identity
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Last year in March I participated in the annual Time of the Writer event
that is hosted by the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban. My session
with the v...
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...
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...
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 ...
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