January 2014
Iquo Diana Eke Discusses The Symphony of Becoming
Last year, a brilliant writer, Iquo Diana Eke made the longlist for the NLNG Nigerian Literary Prize for Poetry. As we all know, the prize was worth a whooping $100,000. I met Iquo Diana Eke at the Fidelity Bank Creative Writing Workshop in 2011, and then, at the Ebedi Hills Writers Residency in 2013. Iquo […]
Residency for African Women Writers
Source: Photo pin FEMRITE is calling for submissions for the 6th Residency for African Women Writers which will be co-hosted with the Swedish literary magazine Karavan, in October 2014. The 10-Day Writing Residency aims to give women writers space to reflect on their writing, connect with one another, read each others’ manuscripts and give feedback, […]
Call for Submissions [Saraba #16] The Solitude Issue
Just before 2013 ended, Saraba Magazine released a prequel to the History Issue. It contains a short story by award-winning writer Toni Kan, and an essay by the co-publisher Emmanuel Iduma. Check it out & download. The History Issue will be published later this month. In the meantime, Saraba Magazine is accepting short fiction, poetry, creative […]
An Interview With Obinna Udenwe: Author Satans and Shaitans
So Satans and Shaitans tells a story of an international multi-faith occult group called the Sacred Order of the Universal Forces, whose members in Nigeria established a terrorist organization called the Jama’atul al-Mujahideen Jihad – with the general objective of Islamizing northern Nigeria and controlling the Nigerian political space. It is a strong story rooted […]