Literature

Soyinka’s Literature “Death and the King’s Horseman” Currently Showing at the Stratford Festival -Afrocitik-Broadway
Soyinka’s Captivating Literature “Death and the King’s Horseman” Currently Showing at the Stratford Festival

The play is directed by Ghanaian-Canadian playwright, Tawiah M’Carthy. By Editor “Death and the King’s Horseman,”…

How the Traditional Publishing Industry in Africa Is Shaping the Emergence of New Voices in African Literature

When these Western publishers shifted their gaze elsewhere or closed their exclusively African imprints, their…

Ibadan: The Cultural Stalk of Literature in Nigeria

The point of great occurrences in history have often been named centres of pilgrimage. It…

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Nobel Prize Win and the Politics of Storytelling

It only seems that whatever work is done, the academy holds its right to certain…

Chimamanda Adichie At 44: Celebrating Nigeria’s Literary Rockstar

By Lynda Rubi Binos The year was 2007. I had just returned home from writing…

Is Art Criticism Dead In Nigeria?

The consequence of this hostile environment for critics is that criticism as an art form…

Book Review: Why Chibundu Onuzo’s “Welcome to Lagos” Failed to Hit Its Mark

By Nzube Nlebedim Chibundu Onuzo’s novel, Welcome to Lagos, is a book that manages to…

Book Review: In “Colours Of Hatred”, Obinna Udenwe Bridges The Gap Between The Literary And Detective Forms Of Novel Writing

By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera Sometimes a book partly introduces itself in the beginning, leaves out…

The Calendar and the Clock: The Relevance of Names to African Identity

By Nzube Nlebedim February 6, 1967, is a date in history that is most memorable…

Ten Nigerian Authors Whose Books Should Be Back In Circulation

By Jerry Chiemeke Over the decades, there have been fluctuations in the growth rate of…