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The Nigerian Poet, Michael Akuchie, Wins 2019 – 2020 Hellebore Poetry Scholarship Award

Author of the micro-chap “Calling Out Grief” (Ghost City Press, 2019) and a final year undergraduate student of English and Literature at the University of Benin – Michael Akuchie wins the Hellebore Poetry Scholarship Award for 2019 – 2020 for his poetry manuscript, Wreck.  “Wreck features sharp language and images and a reaching towards God...

Two Nigerians Make the Society of Authors Awards 2020 Shortlist

Today, the 14th of May, 2020, the Society of Authors announced the shortlists in five awards categories: Betty Trask, McKitterick, ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Awards, the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, and the inaugural Queen’s Knickers Award. The awards fund, which is to be shared among the winners in each category, is £100,000. The shortlist of 29...

Obinna Udenwe’s Short Story, “It Has to Do With Emilia”, Optioned for Film and Television by BUMP Films

“It Has to Do With Emilia“, a short story by Obinna Udenwe, which was published online by AFREADA three years ago, has been optioned for film and television by Johannesburg Film Producer Bridget Pickering at BUMP Films. “It Has to Do With Emilia” has been described as “a moody and sophisticated exploration of a forbidden...

The Full Story: Former Deputy Editor, Otosirieze Obi-Young and Brittle Paper Founder, Ainehi Edoro Are Locked In A Theatrical War

On April 14, 2020, Hadiza El-Rufai, wife of the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and author of the novel An Abundance of Scorpions (Ouida), wrote on Twitter that “All is fair in love and war”, a statement that caused an outrage. This was in defense of an obscene tweet by her son, Bello El-Rufai....