By Toyin Falola Many critics have categorized the different periods of the Nigerian literary scene in different nodes from means, methods, and concerns. No matter the...
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi Nigeria has often been of keen interest to the international community. It is the most populous black nation in the world, has a...
South African author Damon Galgut has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction at the third attempt for his novel The Promise. Galgut, who was previously...
By Toyin Falola Explosive—that’s one word that aptly describes Simisola Bolatito Kosoko’s latest single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnkr-pMRa8 Better known by her stage name, Simi, this amazon of an...
By Toyin Falola The first time I started to read James Yeku’s poetry collection, I wondered why he chose that title for his book. First off,...
The novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Gurnah was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar but arrived in the United Kingdom...
Eleven writers are on the longlist of the 2021 Toyin Falola Prize which is now in its second year. Below is a statement by the organisers...
By Toyin Falola No literary work is divorced from the society in which it is created. Whether covertly or overtly, literature is usually influenced by the...
By Toyin Falola The story of Jacob’s family is a popular tale among religious families, but there is an aspect of the Biblical story of Joseph...
By Toyin Falola The aesthetics of performance as a dynamic process has proven its ability to create, re-create, reflect, refract, and re-present the sociocultural identities of...