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Pivotal Sophomores in Nigerian Poetry

by E. E. Sule

Download as PDFAmong the genres, poetry is still king in the Nigerian literary space. It might not be hyperbolic to say a poetry collection or chapbook is published every other month. Last month, Facebook informed me of Bakandamiya: An Elegy, a new poetry volume by Sadiq Dzukogi. This month (December 2025) is the turn of […]

Call for Poetry Anthology Contribution

by Olongo Press

AFCON, Literature, and Distant Kilns

by James Yeku

A review of “The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule”

by Olayinka Oyegbile

Does the Body Ever Get Familiar with Grief?

by Adebimpe ADEYEMI

In Dream Count, Adichie Denies Us Catharsis

by Chideraa Ike-Akaenyi

Call for Applications: Translation Editor (Lingua Project)

by Olongo Africa

Nigerian Literature is Dead (Again)

by Tolu Daniel

On Lineage and Voice

by Chinụa Ezenwa-Ọhaeto

child of my mother

by Sodïq Oyèkànmí

Outside Borders

by Star Zahra

Mbari: Interrogating the Place of Space in African Art

by Koso Agboanike

Agema and The Writer as a Repository of Memory

by Paul Liam

Same Tune, Different Lyrics: A Review of “When I Say Africa”

by Mosunmola Adeojo

Examining Social Dysfunction and Internet Fraud in Ikenna Okeh’s YAHOO! YAHOO!

by Paul Liam

A Continent of Riddles : A Review of Adéṣọ̀kàn’s “South Side”

by Olayinka Oyegbile

From the Prism of Black Orpheus: Mapping the Growth and Development of Discourse on African Literature

by Denja Abdullahi

Black Orpheus Dispatch: On Re-Using History

by Shalom Kasim

War Without End in Nigerian Literature | A review of The Road to the Country

by Olayinka Oyegbile

NLNG Finalists for Fiction, 2025

by Olongo Africa

A Psychosocial Reading of Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla

by Paul Liam

The New York Black and African Literature Festival aims to be a bridge | Conversation with Efe Paul Azino

by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

Àṣàkẹ́’s Vibe as Gimmick

by IfeOluwa Nihinlola

Longlist for the 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature Announced

by Iyanuoluwa Adenle

On Why Afrobeat Queens are Found Wanting

by Idowu Odeyemi

Best Literary Translations Anthology: A Call for a Co-Editor of Middle Eastern Literatures

by Olongo Africa
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  • Call for Applications: Translation Editor (Lingua Project)
  • Call for Poetry Anthology Contribution
  • Pivotal Sophomores in Nigerian Poetry
  • AFCON, Literature, and Distant Kilns
  • Nigerian Literature is Dead (Again)