The longlist for the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022, the richest on the continent, has been announced today, Friday, August 26, 2022. The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored annually by oil firm NLNG, was started to honour Nigerian authors in the four genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature in 2004. The prize […]
Romeo Oriogun’s poetry collection Sacraments of Bodies, published by the University of Nebraska Press, is set to make its appearance on March 1, 2020. Romeo Oriogun first came to the attention of many followers of the African literary community when he won the Brunel International African Poetry Prize in 2017. The judges at the time […]
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 is set to happen from November 1-5, 2017. The festival theme is “Bridges from Walls.” In 2015, a team of Lagosians led by founder Efe Paul Azino hosted the Lagos International Poetry Festival at Freedom Park the home of the arts in commercial hub of the West African country. […]
Romeo Oriogun from Nigeria is the winner of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize now in its fifth year is a major poetry prize is aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. It is open to African poets worldwide who have not yet published […]
Ten poets have made the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced today. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize launched in 2012 is a major annual poetry prize of £3000, aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. Now in its fifth year, the Prize is sponsored by Brunel University London […]
