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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Mourning During The Pandemic
In a post titled Lean On Me, shared on Facebook and Instagram, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourned her aunt who recently passed due to a brain aneurysm. She talked about dealing with loss during this lockdown, the anxiety of having a husband who is a medical doctor, and...
Read Teju Cole’s New Pandemic-Themed Narrative of a Strange City
The stunning story revolves around a traveler who arrives at Reggania, a strange city likened to Jerusalem or Mecca, whose citizens are under the scourge of the “Visitation”
Nnedi Okorafor Announces “Noor”, her Birthday gift to Readers
We celebrate this gift to us which is her person and the story she tells. Don’t just stand there! Be excited!
CFW June 2020, Collins Elesiro Literary Prize Call for Submissions.
CFWriterz is delighted to announce our call for submissions for the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize & June 2020 Magazine. Unlike our previously themed contests, this edition the contest comes without a theme. We still insist on quality writing and would be...
Book Blurbs: Why They Are Important
If you are a fiction writer planning to write his/her novel in the near future, then a book blurb is an important part of the writing process you need to understand. One thing is clear, book blurbs are difficult to write but they are very important. A reader can read...
Submit to the 2020 NLNG Prize for Literature
The NLNG Prize for Literature is now open for submissions. The prize, being the richest on the continent, is awarded to a published book, alternating yearly among poetry, prose fiction, drama, and children’s literature. The cycle is repeated every four years, and the...
Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other Longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Bernardine Evaristo's novel, Girl, Woman, Other, a book hailed as “exuberant,” “inventive,” “courageous” and “compulsively readable,” has been long-listed for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The novel follows the story of 12 characters, most of whom are Black...
OTHERWISE
OTHERWISE The grass is green, Like cattles and kines, Your love is grazing my skin. I love you like an ache, As delicious and sticky as dates, But it occurs, from time to time That rivers join,only to part again. Though it could've been otherwise. In the value of...
The AKO Caine Prize announces its 2020 judges
Press Release: Monday, 3 February 2020 – The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its panel of judges for 2020. Having marked its 20th anniversary last year, the AKO Caine Prize is looking forward to a new decade of exploring and recognising...