We received our first $20 donation for Itanile towards our 2022 literary projects. Thank you 🙏🏽.
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Deadline for our Adrift Contests are getting even closer! Submit by July 15th for Diane or Dean to possibly review your work.
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Yay! It's a new week and we're learning "How To Make Sticky Finger Soup" from Emmanuella Dekonor
Read the tales of friendship, identity, and unexpected encounters in a Ghanaian boarding school.
Read the full story here:
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What i am doing with The Naming is new and fresh. Thanks to Ezenwa-Ohaeto's The Voice of the Night Masquerade and The Chants of a Minstrel for the insights and teachings. The Naming is something approximately never done before.
Emmanuel Esomnofu said Flavour reinvented Highlife, we totally agree.
But we also want to know what you think about Flavour’s music.
How would you describe Flavour’s music?
After reading 'City Wise, or Area Boy Chronicles' by Jumoke Verissimo, we got curious about how Lagosians survive in the big city. So we had to ask them how they cope. The response took us out.😩
Do you also believe in “if you can survive in Lagos, you can survive anywhere” ?
This week, we're exploring the tough streets of Lagos through the lens of Jumoke Verissimo.
Find out the real-life struggles and dreams mixed together in Jumoke Verissimo’s 'City Wise, or Area Boy Chronicles'
Click the link below to read the story.
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I am happy to share that my full collection, The Naming, has been accepted by African Poetry Book Funds for its Poetry Series and will be published under Nebraska Press in the fall of 2025.
I am always grateful to Prof. Kwame Dawes, who saw the weight and beauty of this work.
PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
The New Voices Award of Wilbur Smith Award supports writers to develop an idea they've yet to commit to paper, or those in the very early stages of their work in progress.
More below:
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Guess what?!
We're reading “Stillwaters” by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene today.
We assure you, it is the kind of writing you would not love to miss.
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We're wondering if it's okay to attend Aisha's wedding or to stay home.
But what is life without party jollof?
Help us make a decision because we're stuck on whether to go or not.
Want to get more details on Aisha's wedding?
Check the link below:
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