Iyanuoluwa Adenle

The 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature Kicks Off

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At a press conference held in Lagos on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, the entries for the 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature were formally handed over to the Prize’s Advisory Board, led by literary icon and past winner, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo.  With an annual rotation among four literary genres—poetry, theatre, children’s literature, and prose fiction—the Nigeria […]

beneath the waves

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I am not terrified  of the dark. I do not know  if the arms of God  would hold me  like poetry has done  every time my floater resurfaces  as I spiral beneath the waves.    When I break, does God break too? Why must I do all the breaking alone?  Look at all the healing  […]