Book Review

Book Chats Dominate AkeFest Programme

By Adefoyeke Ajao Proceedings at the 2016 Ake Arts and Book Festival have been dominated…

2016 Etisalat Prize For Literature Longlist Announced

By Adefoyeke Ajao The long list for the2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature has been announced.…

A Verdict’s Odyssey: J.P Clark on America

By Tade Ipadeola November is the month for the Lagos Arts and Book Festival, popularly…

Akinwumi Isola celebrated with a new book

By Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Professor Pamela Olubunmi Smith on Friday July 15 2016 publicly presented her…

Soyinka in Ebedi: Of hunters and storytellers

In Iseyin, Oyo State, Professor Wole Soyinka meets young writers on retreat and Asumo, his…

100 posthumous birthday: What you don’t know about Hubert Ogunde

On 10 July, 2016, the late dramatist and doyen of African Theatre, Chief Hubert Adedeji…

Dis Fela Sef!: He lives

By Reuben Abati On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Benson Idonije, who is arguably Nigeria’s…

US Collector pays $3.67m for Shakespeare’s folios

Four folios of British playwright William Shakespeare were sold for nearly 2.5 million pounds (about…

Interpreting our unfolding times

By Kunle Ajibade Sam Omatseye’s A Chronicle Foretold is an illuminating collection of 77 pieces…

South Korean author shares Booker Prize with her translator

The Man Booker Prize set two unprecedented records on Monday night. First of all a…