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Jumoke Verissimo on Royal Society of London’s Ondaatje Prize 2020 Longlist.

James Murua March 26, 2020 No Comments A Small Silence Jumoke Verissimo

Jumoke Verissimo’s debut novel A Small Silence is on the Royal Society of London’s Ondaatje Prize 2020 Longlist announced on March 26, 2020. The Royal…

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Jumoke Verissimo’s debut novel “A Small Silence

Fiction New Books Nigeria

Jumoke Verissimo’s debut novel “A Small Silence” for July 2.

James Murua May 7, 2019 No Comments A Small Silence Cassava Republic Press Jumoke Verissimo

Jumoke Verissimo’s debut novel “A Small Silence,” published by Cassava Republic Press, will be available from July 2, 2019. Jumoke Verissimo writes poetry, fiction, and…

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Book Events Nigeria South Africa

Yewande Omotoso and Jumoke Verissimo star at Literary Crossroads tonight

James Murua May 17, 2016 No Comments Goethe Goethe Joburg Goethe Johannesburg Jumoke Verissimo Literary Crossroads Yewande Omotoso

Author Yewande Omotoso and writer Jumoke Verissimo will be the star attractions at tonight’s Literary Crossroads event at the Goethe Institut in Johannesburg tonight. Their topic…

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African Literary Festivals Nigeria

The Lagos Book & Art Festival 2015 is coming!

James Murua November 6, 2015 No Comments Abdulaziz Ude Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Aderemi Adegbite Ayotunde Olofintunade Ben Tomoloju .Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Bunmi Oyinsan Chuma Nwokolo Damola Mabogunje Diseye Tantua. Bob-nosa Uwagboe Dr. Patrick Dele Cole Ed Keazor Efe Paul Azino Elnathan John Femi Aisida Irede Abumere Jelili Atiku Jide Bello Jumoke Verissimo Kunle Ajibade Lagos Book & Art Festival Lagos Book & Art Festival 2015 Niran Okewole Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo Ogaga Ifowodo Temi Halim Tom Burgis Toun Williams

The Lagos Book & Art Festival is set to happen at the Freedom Park in Lagos from November 13 – 15. This year’s festival which…

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