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Jude Ndukwe’s ‘The Vanity Of Change And The Audacity Of Truth’: A Review, By Aziza Uko

Being a Book Review on the Occasion of the Public Presentation of “The Vanity of ‘Change’ and the Audacity of Truth (A Collection of...

The Woman Who Rejected Barack Obama’s Marriage Proposal TWICE Before Michelle

The couple that many Americans consider #relationshipgoals almost never was. According to a new biography of Barack Obama titled “Rising Star,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning...

American Author, Jean Stein, Commits Suicide At 83

Jean Stein, the literary editor and author known for producing engrossing oral histories on topics as disparate as the tumultuous life of an Andy...

Chimamanda Adichie Elected Into US Academy Of Arts And Science

Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with  227 new members, the Academy announced...

Books: Kehinde, By Buchi Emecheta (READ)

In this excerpt from Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta's 1994 novel Kehinde, the title character, Kehinde Okolo, is a Nigerian woman who has lived in...

Barack And Michelle Obama Strike Record $60 Million Book Deal

Penguin Random House has landed a deal to publish two forthcoming memoirs by former U.S. President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle...

E. R. Braithwaite, Author Of Classic, ‘To Sir, With Love’ Dies At 104

E. R. Braithwaite, a Guyanese author, diplomat and former Royal Air Force pilot whose book “To Sir, With Love,” a memoir of teaching in...

Nnedi Okorafor Becomes First Nigerian To Win Hugo Award

Author, Nnedi Okorafor has won the Hugo award for the best novella for her book, Binti, making her the first Nigerian to do so. Brittle...

BREAKING: Nigerian Literary Icon, Isidore Okpewho, Dies At 74

Isidore Okpewho, one of Nigeria’s foremost scholar of oral literature, author, and humanist, has died. Professor Okpewho died at the age of 74 at a hospital in...

Achebe Was Unintelligent When He Wrote Things Fall Apart – Onyeka Nwelue [INTERVIEW]

Onyeka Nwelue, a Nigerian writer and filmmaker, has said in a new interview that Chinua Achebe's first novel, Things Fall Apart is not great...

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