A Conversation with Samuel A. Adeyemi: An Interview
I started writing poetry, intentionally, in 2017. Studying literature in secondary school was mostly the catalyst. I fell in love after reading the poets we were taught
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Stanley Umezulike, Amazon bestselling author of Tropical African Crime Fiction, Family Drama, and Romance.
Some of the impact stories in the African creative space are often those scarcely discovered....
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An Interview With 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize Winner, Othuke Umukoro
Biography: Othuke Umukoro—Nigerian poet, playwright & educator—is the winner of the 2018 I...
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The Evolutionary simple storytelling framework that big brands use to sell effectively and how many miss out on its life-changing benefits
Storytelling remains one of the most effective marketing strategy people and brands leverage in...
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Announcing The Shortlist for The December 2020 Collins Elesiro Literary Prize
Itanile is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Dec 2020 edition of the Collins Elesiro...
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The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine (announcement for upcoming issue 29 | September 2020 edition)
The Shallow Tales Review is an African literary magazine that publishes content from African...
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A Case For Prizes: Reviewing the contributions of select literary prizes in positioning African writers (pt 1). By Michael Emmanuel
Reacting to their win, Nigeria’s Innocent Ilo said, “This means so much to me. I feel grateful,...
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Comes A Plain Girl
She was not beautiful either. Beauty was not the stuff anyways. You’d grown enough to know it was not about beauty or about the soft faces or unending smiles, but you could not tell Mother this.
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Live With Storytelling: CFW Hosts Facebook Live Webinars
The Creative Freelance Writerz’ group is delighted to host Facebook live literary webinars. The...
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Innocent Chizaram Ilo Emerges 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winner for African Region
Nigeria’s Innocent Chizaram Ilo has emerged the African region winner of the 2020 Commonwealth...
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2020 AKO Caine Prize Shortlist Announced
Celebrating 20 years of rewarding diverse writing talents across the continent – with past winners including Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin, Lesley Nneka Arimah – the shortlist is always one to anticipate.
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5 RULES FOR PAINTING FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
Defining fictional characters is one of the initial, and crucial steps in writing fiction books....
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