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Nigerian Prize for Literature 2017 winner Ikeogu Oke has passed on.

James Murua November 26, 2018 No Comments Chika Unigwe Ikeogu Oke Kola Tubosun Okey Ndibe Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Nigerian Prize for Literature 2017 winner Ikeogu Oke has passed on. The poet died from a short illness on Sunday, November 26, 2018. Nigerian poet…

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Ikeogu Oke is NLNG Nigerian Prize for Literature 2017 winner

James Murua October 9, 2017 No Comments Ikeogu Oke NLNG Nigerian Prize for Literature NLNG Nigerian Prize for Literature 2017

Poet Ikeogu Oke is the winner of the Nigerian Prize for Literature 2017, the richest in African literature worth US$100,000 for his book The Heresiad.…

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Ogaga Ifowodo, Ikeogu Oke, and Tanure Ojaide

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Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist announced

James Murua August 30, 2017 No Comments A Good Mourning by Ogaga Ifowodo Dr Razinat Mohammed Ikeogu Oke Kraft Books Ltd Nigeria Prize for Literature Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017 Parresia Books Prof Ernest Emenyonu Songs of Myself: Quartet Tade Ipadeola Tanure Ojaide The Heresiad

Ogaga Ifowodo, Ikeogu Oke, and Tanure Ojaide are the three poets in the shortlist for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017. The richest prize in…

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Professor Ayo Banjo hands over entries to chairman, panel of judges, Prof Ernest Emenyonu

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Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced

James Murua July 22, 2017 1 Comment A Good Mourning Abubakar Othman Blood Streams in the Desert Ebi Yeibo Echoes of Neglect For Every Homeland Garri for Breakfast Humphrey Ogu Hyginus Ekwuazi Iconography Ikeogu Oke Jumoke Verissimo Nigeria Prize for Literature Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017 Obari Gomba Of Waters and the Wild Ogaga Ifowodo One Day I’ll Dare to Raise My Middle Finger at the Stork and the Reaper Peter Akinlabi Seun Lari-Williams Songs of Myself: Quartet Tanure Ojaide The Birth of Illusion The Heresiad

The longlist for the richest prize in African literature, the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017, has been announced today. The Nigerian Prize for Literature set…

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