The Wole Soyinka Prize For Investigative Reporting: Entries Open
Entries are currently open for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Investigative Reporting. If you are a journalist with investigative works in print, online, audio, or visual media covering the focus areas of the award, you are invited to apply. Read more about Opportunities Since it was first held in 2005, the award has aided […]
Top 10 Nigerian Authors In 2020
In a year that greatly affected the mentality of so many through the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, Nigerians found a way to thrive and make the society seem normal. One group, Nigerian writers, were not to be left out. Every year, they have thrived both at home and on the world stage and 2020 was […]
Social Media Roundup
Wole Soyinka’s Plane Seat Incident One of the highlights of the week was a tweet by Nigeria politician Tonye Cole in which he recounted an experience he witnessed between a young man and Wole Soyinka on a plane. In the tweet, he called out the young man for asking Wole Soyinka to leave his seat […]
FG Orders Return Of History As Standalone Subject In Nigerian Schools
Events from the past shape the future, and the study of history, which entails learning about the past in relation to the future, is very crucial to growth and development of any nation. It is necessary for citizens of any country to understand and question how they arrived at their present state or level in […]
Herdsmen Invasion: A Regional Effort to Tackle Insecurity
Barely a month since Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Professor Wole Soyinka agreed on the subject of insecurity in the nation – and particularly the recent kidnappings in the South-West – there has been an unprecedented step up in coordinated effort to get regional leaders and other stakeholders on board to take pragmatic action. Gone are […]
Throwback Thursday: The Biafra Declaration (1967)
“Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by virtue of the authority, and pursuant to the principles, recited above, do hereby solemnly proclaim that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria together with her continental shelf and territorial waters, shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state of […]
Do You Know That Wole Soyinka is the First and Only Nigerian to Win a Nobel Award?
Amongst awards, there are ‘Awards’. The Nobel Prize is technically the ‘crème de la crème’ of awards; especially with regards to contributions made to humanity. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. This was in line with the […]
World Poetry Day: Five Nigerian Poets
21st March is World Poetry Day. Its purpose, according to the 1999 UNESCO declaration, is to promote the reading, writing, publishing, and teaching of poetry throughout the world. What better way to celebrate the day than to celebrate some of the most famous Nigerian poets? Ben Okri Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and writer, […]
Nigeria Decides 2019: Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressive Party (YPP)
The excellent presentation of the YPP’s candidate, Kingsley Moghalu at the Presidential Debate, increased his popularity. As the three players (Fela Durotoye, Oby Ezekwesili and Moghalu) onstage demonstrated to Nigerians what the future could hold for our political space. Though the absence of the two lead actors, All Progressive Congress’ Muhammadu Buhari People’s Democratic Party’s […]
EbonyLife TV Set to Film ”Death and the King’s Horseman” by Wole Soyinka
Filmmaker, media entrepreneur and EbonyLife TV boss, Mo Abudu, has announced that EbonyLife TV has acquired the rights to produce a feature film “Death and the King’s Horseman” an adaptation of a play by Wole Soyinka. She made the post after a lunch meeting with the Nobel laureate in London on Sunday. “Lunch with Prof […]
Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’
Award-winning Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue is developing a documentary on Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, titled, “Wole Soyinka: A God and the Biafrans”. The Documentary The project which, according to Nwelue, was started in 2004 when he was 16, and is being developed at The Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African […]
20 Inspiring Quotes From Writers About Writing
Much has been said about the power and pleasure of reading, and not nearly enough about writing. Without writers there would be no books to read or rave about, but how much do we know about the writing process and what goes on in the minds of writers, be they novelists, journalists, or just people […]
This Day in History: Poet, Christopher Okigbo was born in Ojoto, 1932
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo was a Nigerian poet, one of the major founding fathers that shaped the development of Nigerian Literature, and African Literature in general, in the 20th century. He was born in Eastern Nigeria, in the town of Ojoto, in Anambra State, on the 16th of August, 1932, to Chief James Okoye Okigbo and […]
82 Students to Engage in Writing Contest on Wole Soyinka’s 82nd Birthday
For two days in the month of July, Abeokuta’s June 12 cultural centre will be playing host to the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the 13th and 14th of this month, coinciding with the 82nd birthday of its initiator, Professor Wole Soyinka. As part of the […]
Events This Weekend: 25 – 27 September
Enjoying the long weekend already? The fun and learning doesn’t have to stop. Attend one or more of these events: Femi Leye’s Debut Album Launch Afro jazz guitarist, Femi Leye is launching his debut album EKAABO this weekend and wants you right there with him! Date: Saturday, September 24th, 2015 Venue: Eko Hotel & […]
Today in History: National Day of Creativity
The Federal Government declared the 14th of September every year as the National Day of Creativity on the 23rd of January, 1995. This declaration by the Federal Government was not a surprising one because, at the time, notable writers such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Christopher Okigbo and many others were not just notable writers […]