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The Nigeria Prize for Literature Unveils 2026 Poetry Longlist

by Olongo Press

Download as PDFEleven outstanding poetry collections have emerged on the longlist of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, selected from 223 received for the competition. The announcement, by the chairman of the Advisory Board for the Prize, Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo marks a significant milestone in this year’s competition and reflects the exceptional quality, creativity and diversity […]

Bongo Fleva: A Love Story

by Frank Njugi

On Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Naming

by Ifesinachi Nwadike

The Gravity of Daughterhood

by Gloria Mwaniga Odary

Curses, Cycles, and Wounds in Cursed Daughters 

by Mosunmola Adeojo

Beyond the Spectacle

by Tolu Daniel

​The Sacred Mystery of Ikorodu

by Bienose Goodness

Two Poems

by  Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo

Gratitude for Being Haunted by a Reverent Destiny

by Adebayo Aderoju

 A Brother Jero Opera by Vesta Orchestra

by Tope-EniObanke Adegoke

EBROHIMIE ROAD is now Available to Watch Online This July [WATCH HERE]

by Olongo Press

The Tobeness of Tobe

by Ogieva Uyiosa Victory

Lagos International Poetry Festival Opens Applications for Inaugural Craft and Development Lab

by Olongo Press

Reading the Oyinbo Wall in Nigerian Football

by James Yeku

The Shape of My Anxiety

by Raphael Chukwuemeka Onyejizu

“Playing Bàtá in My Poetry”: A Conversation with Ifeoluwa Ayandele

by Ernest Jésùyẹmí

Meet OlongoAfrica’s Translation Editor

by Olongo Africa

A Poet and His Nation in Flight

by Ifesinachi Nwadike

What We Download When the Libraries Are Empty

by Ajibola Adigun

Demagoguery and Patriotism

by Sam Wilkins

The New Soul of the Nigerian Anthologies

by Paul Liam

The New Anthology of Young African & African American Poetry

by Olongo Press

Petrel Among the Interpreters: Bíọ́dún Jéyǐfò in Nigeria’s Intellectual Storms

by Deji Toye

OlongoAfrica Launches Vol. 2 of Multi-Lingua Anthology

by Iyanuoluwa Adenle

A Mind at Full Stretch: Remembering Bíọ́dún Jéyǐfó

by Ṣọlá Adéyẹmí

On Fela, Wizkid, and the Politics of Afrobeats

by  Tobi Idowu
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  • The Nigeria Prize for Literature Unveils 2026 Poetry Longlist
  • ​The Sacred Mystery of Ikorodu
  • Two Poems
  • Gratitude for Being Haunted by a Reverent Destiny
  •  A Brother Jero Opera by Vesta Orchestra