Archives Tag: Farafina
Brands We Love: Kachifo
April 19, 2022
Nigeria’s book publishing scene appears to be bubbling with renewed vigour. Where once the overwhelming material pushed out to the market was textbooks and low-quality tales in print, there’s been a rise in the number of creative fiction, autobiographical works and political literature put out to bookstores on an annual basis. A small band of … Continue reading Brands We Love: Kachifo
Career of the Week – Uche Okonkwo, Managing Editor
April 19, 2022
Uche Okonkwo’s first degree is a B.A. in Education/English from the University of Port Harcourt. After NYSC, she did a bit of volunteering, and then returned to Kachifo Limited, where she had briefly interned earlier. In 2012 she went back to school to study for an MA in Creative Writing at University of Manchester. In 2014, … Continue reading Career of the Week – Uche Okonkwo, Managing Editor
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Career of the Week – Rita Onwurah, Screenwriter
April 19, 2022
Rita Onwurah studied Human Nutrition at the University of Ibadan and has been a screenwriter since 2009, writing and co-writing TV shows and movies like Kiss and Tell, Udeme Mii, Dining with a Long Spoon, Damage, Mrs. Somebody, and Love is in the Hair, to mention a few. CN: What were you doing prior to … Continue reading Career of the Week – Rita Onwurah, Screenwriter
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Book Review: The Fine Boys Are Here
April 19, 2022
By Sylva Ifedigbo. “Fine Boys” was written by Eghosa Imasuen, a Nigerian author, born on 19 May, 1976. His first novel, “To Saint Patrick”, an alternate history murder mystery about Nigeria’s Civil War, was published by Farafina Books in 2008 to critical acclaim. “Fine Boys” is his second novel and will be available in print … Continue reading Book Review: The Fine Boys Are Here