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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...

Notorious BIG Once Asked TuPac To Be His Manager – Author Claims

An author, Ben Westhoff has claimed that Notorious B.I.G asked the late US rapper, TuPac to manage him. According to Ben Westhoff's book, Original Gangstas: The Untold...

BREAKING NEWS: Holocaust Survivor And Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel Dies At 87

Elie Wiesel, who survived the Holocaust and went on to become an influential author and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died, Israel’s Holocaust memorial...

A Tribute To Elechi Amadi

"Elechi Amadi had a gift of innovative thinking, a visionary spirit, and tenacious patience- ingredients that made him succeed in his various areas of...

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