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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim for Nairobi in September

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim for Nairobi in September Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be doing readings at Goethe Institut’s Literary Crossroads and the Storymoja Festival in Nairobi…

Listicles Nigeria Nonfiction

Channels Book Club unveils their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016

James Murua December 22, 2016 No Comments A Conspiracy of Ravens Abubakar Adam Ibrahim After they Left Amara Van Lare And After Many Days Arese Ugwu Blue Skies Born on a Tuesday Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon Dayo Adedayo Easy Motion Tourist Edify Yakusak Elnathan John For Sam Guardians Of The Seal Helon Habila Jimi Disu Jowhor iIe Kings and Not Slaves Known and Strange Things Leye Adenle Long Throat Memoirs: Soups Nigeria 2.0 Nike Campbell-Fatoki Ola Osibodu Olasupo Shasore Othuke Ominiabohs Red Seas – Lanre & Bolu Onasanya Season of Crimson Blossoms Secrets of the Streets Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds Teju Babyface Teju Cole The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamic Militancy in Nigeria The Essential Guide to Land Acquisition in Nigeria The King and The Colony The Raging River The Smart Money Woman Tunde Leye Yemisi Aribisala Yomi Fawehinmi

Channels Book Club, one of the few TV shows on the continent dedicated to books, have unveiled their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016. Some…

Nigeria Residencies South Africa

Residencies galore: Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

James Murua September 12, 2016 1 Comment Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Christine Yohannes Danish International Visiting Artists Programme International Writing Program Iowa Legodile ‘Dredd X’ Seganabeng Obari Gomba Shenaz Patel Songeziwe Mahlangu Sylt Foundation Ukamaka Olisakwe Zukiswa Wanner

African writers like Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and others are currently either in the middle of or headed to residencies galore. “Artist-in-residence…

Awards Fiction Nigeria

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John make Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 shortlist

James Murua September 6, 2016 5 Comments Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Chika Unigwe Elnathan John Nigeria Prize for Literature Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John have been announced in the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 shortlist. The Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored…

Book Reviews Fiction Nigeria

A review of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms

James Murua March 11, 2016 3 Comments Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Parresia Books Season of Crimson Blossoms

Book: Season of Crimson Blossoms Author: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Publisher: Parresia Books Year of publication: 2015 Number of pages: 345 Genre: Fiction Abubakar Adam Ibrahim…

Book Events Nigeria South Africa

Super Thursday: Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

James Murua March 10, 2016 No Comments Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Goethe Institut Goethe Institut South Africa Ndumiso Ngcobo Panashe Chigumadzi Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be in discussions about their work in Abuja and Johannesburg today. It’s a Super Thursday as…

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Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire interviews African authors on This is Africa

James Murua November 10, 2014 No Comments A Killing in the Sun Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire Chika Unigwe Dilman Dila Emmanuel Sigauke Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kintu London Cape Town Jo'burg Melissa Kiguwa Mukoma’s Marriage and other stories Night Dancer Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (Shadows)Reveries of Longing The Whispering Trees Yewande Omotoso (Bom Boy)Zukiswa Wanner

Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire will be familiar to readers of this blog as one of the driving forces behind the Writivism initiative. The Writivism initiative aims…