Sankofa Initiative

The Sankofa Initiative for Culture & Development, a nongovernmental organization breaking new grounds in the fields of culture and development...

[Sankofa Initiative @SankofaICD]

Sankofa Magazine is always open for submissions. We accept fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We also accept visual art submissions and digital chapbooks in all genres. Send your work to [email protected] #callforsubmissions

[Noirledge Publishing @noirledge]

A book signing session by Hyginus Ekwuazi, author, The Third Side of a Coin.

#Noirledge
#Winepress
#Sevhage
#NoirledgePublishing #NigeriaPrizeForLiterature #LiteraryExcellence
#ProudPublisher #BookLovers
#Fiction
#TheThirdSideofACoin
#PublishersInIbadan
#PublishersInNigeria

[S. Su'eddie Vershima Agema @Sueddieagema]

Calling writers everywhere, submit your Creative Non-Fiction in 500-2000 words ...on any theme.

Take a chance on yourself, who knows?

750,000 naira

Selected entries will also have their work form components of an exhibition in Nottingham, England.

What are you waiting for?

[Noirledge Publishing @noirledge]

"This tale captures the struggles and triumphs of many women which are often ignored. Tosin Enianke Kiyesi builds contemporary [Nigerian] realities into Unbroken and presents a testament to the enduring spirit of those who refuse to be defined by their circumstances,

[Vanilla Nwa✨ @OforOroma]

My day has been made 🥹.
Credit: https://t.co/8CCSa1m0lZ

[Noirledge Publishing @noirledge]

Let's build a more equitable and inclusive society for generations to come.

#Noirledge
#Winepress
#IWD
#iwd2024💜
#InspireInclusion2024

[THE EVERYDAY CHAPTER @EverydayChapter]

LITFEST IS IN 2 DAYS💃💃💃

Have you registered to attend the festival? If not, kindly click on the link below to be a part of this awesome experience🤭

https://t.co/EubudRefhz

[AkeArts&BookFestival @akefestival]

Undergraduate storytellers studying a course in the Humanities at a Nigerian university can now apply for the Storytellers Grant.

Applications close on November 7, 2023

Apply using the link in bio.

[SEVHAGE Publishers @sevhage]

Announcing the 2023 longlist for:

• E.E. Sule/Sevhage prize for African Literary Criticism
• Sevhage/Hyginus Ekwuazi prize for Poetry
• Sevhage prizes for Short Fiction and Creative Nonfiction.

Congratulations🎉

https://t.co/0eHa3GjjYj

[Channels Television @channelstv]

Mustapha Gajibo, a young innovator, has been building electric cars in Nigeria since 2017 without any formal training. In 2011, he gained admission to study engineering at the University of Maiduguri but along the line, Gajibo chose to drop out as he was learning more from his personal research than from the four walls of a classroom.

Today, he runs his own company and is advocating for more practical university curriculums in Nigeria.

Listen to his incredible story on the latest episode of the Climb Podcast.

https://t.co/7J2bOeEDGF

[The Nigeria Prizes @NGRLitPrize]

The wait is over!

Here are the 11 plays that have secured their place on the longlist.

Congratulations to all the writers who have made it to the longlist!

#2023Longlist #NigeriaPrizes2023

[Noirledge Publishing @noirledge]

Hearty congratulations to Cheta Igbokwe (@cheta_igbokwe) and Olubunmi Familoni (@OFamiloni), two of our authors, whose plays, ���Homecoming” and “When Big Masquerades Dance Naked” are on the longlist for The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2023.

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian." - Ama Ata Aidoo

The renowned Ghanaian author and playwright died Wednesday, 31 May 2023 aged 81.

💔

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"The writing scene is such a big and complex universe [...]. The best a writer can do is to keep doing what he knows best, to write as honestly as possible, never to be swayed by the ephemeral glitter [...], to always keep an eye on history, on posterity."
- Helon Habila

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

If the Sun Wasn't So Mean

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema

If the sun wasn’t so mean
you would not know the beauty of the moon’s grin
If the day wasn’t so harshly bright
you would not consider the soothing of the night

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art."
- Ben Okri

@benokri

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Not My Business

By Niyi Osundare

They picked Akanni up one morning
Beat him soft like clay
And stuffed him down the belly
Of a waiting jeep.

What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth?

[Kate Amaka Henshaw @HenshawKate]

Nigerians are waiting for God to show up while God is waiting for Nigerians to stand up...- @BankyW

[Ibadan Book and Arts Festival @Ibadanfestival]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

#IbaFest
#IbadanFestival

[Ibadan Book and Arts Festival @Ibadanfestival]

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space with @stephenmegamind! https://t.co/zRo0XWyDhW

[Ibadan Book and Arts Festival @Ibadanfestival]

From Writing to the Big Screen: A Conversation with Stephen Okonkwo, Writer, Soólè and Obara m.
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022. Time: 7:30PM.