Archives Tag: Poet
A Profile Of The Poet And Author, Lola Shoneyin
April 19, 2022
Lola Shoneyin (born Titilola Atinuke Alexandra Shoneyin) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. She has authored several literary works and is significantly involved in Nigeria’s art and literary scene. Read more about Personality Lola is widely known for her novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, which she published in the UK in … Continue reading A Profile Of The Poet And Author, Lola Shoneyin
Nigeria’s Sheikh Al-Fulani Wins International Prize For Arabic Literature
April 19, 2022
High profile Nigerian Arabic literary writer, Sheikh Yahaya Abdul Rahman Al-Fulani, has emerged winner of the best Arabic literary writer award for the 2021 Egyptian Hamsat for Arts and Literature. Read more about Literature Sheikh Al-Fulani has produced over 30 Arabic literary works, cutting across novels, poems, history, book reviews, rhetorics and criticism. The … Continue reading Nigeria’s Sheikh Al-Fulani Wins International Prize For Arabic Literature
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Women You Should Know: Osonye Tess Onwueme
April 19, 2022
Osonye Tess Onwueme, also known as T. Akaeke Onwueme was born on the 8th of September 1955. She is a Nigerian playwright, scholar and poet, who rose to prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the environment. Read more about Women you should know In 2010, she became the University Professor … Continue reading Women You Should Know: Osonye Tess Onwueme
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Men You Should Know: Peter Fatomilola
April 19, 2022
Peter Fatomilola, or Chief Peter Fatomilola was born on January 16th, 1946. He is popularly known as a Nigerian dramatist, film actor, poet and prolific playwright. Early life and Background Fatomilola was born on 16 January 1946 in the town of Ifisin-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria, to Chief Abraham … Continue reading Men You Should Know: Peter Fatomilola
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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: The African Writers
April 19, 2022
At the beginning of 2016, 19-year-old Faith Moyosore Agboola was a budding writer and poet in dire need of guidance. Her struggle to find her feet as a writer was complicated by the fact that little or no attention is paid to writers in Nigeria, especially when compared to other professions and she knew she … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: The African Writers
Chimamanda Bags PEN Pinter Award
April 19, 2022
Just about a week after being trolled by thousands of Nigerians –if not millions- for her views on chivalry, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer, Antonia Fraser, as a writer who embodies “those qualities of courage and outspokenness which Harold much … Continue reading Chimamanda Bags PEN Pinter Award
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Become A Published Author In October!
April 19, 2022
Are you a Nigerian? Have you written a poem you want published? Here is a chance to become a published author and have your poem feature among the 52 poems in the poetry collection: “Songs of A Waking Giant”.
