Osinachi (Osinachi 🎨), the Nigerian writer-turned-visual artist, has collaborated with legendary Afropop producer Don Jazzy on a NFT package.

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As conversations sethe about the “death” of Nigerian literature and the loss of authenticity in its poetry, a writer counters for the growing japa-MFA subculture: “I call them the Nomadic Generation because of their complication of nationalism.”

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The Nigerian author of Prince of Monkeys on why rap is “worthy of creative theft by contemporary writers,” and how “the exploits of young writers allow younger writers to dream bigger.”

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There are 8.6 million homeless children in Nigeria, according to the World Bank, and over 100,000 of them live on the streets of Lagos. Within four years, Chess in Slums had achieved the dream of charities: bring attention to their cause.

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Read an excerpt from Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s “The Quality of Mercy” below:

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If you are an African writer looking to be represented in a literary magazine or seeking opportunities to enter for grants, fellowships and prizes, then this is for you!

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This Motherless Land by Nikki May, Reviewed: A Mixed-Race Woman Seeks Belonging

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The Rovingheights Best Seller List: Presented with Open Country Mag debuted in February 2023, as Nigeria’s first-ever formal best seller list: after more than a century since Nigerians began publishing books in the country.

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“I needed to write something that takes advantage of the rich nuances in my own culture,” said the Graywolf Press Africa Prize-winning author of The House of Rust, Khadija Abdalla Bajaber.

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Out of a Lagos Street Boxing Academy, Big Dreams & a Child Star

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With a book like Tremor, form is as important as content, not only because it shows how to access the ideas of the narrative, but because it deepens the understanding of those ideas.

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Chimeka Garricks Is Only Male Author in Top 10 of RH x OCM Bestseller List. There Are 4 Books by Men in the Top 30, 2 by Him.

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Hadiza Bala Usman, with “Stepping on Toes,” an account of her five years as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, tops the 2023 Rovingheights (RH Books) + OCM Bestseller list.

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Journalist David Hundeyin’s (David Hundeyin) “The Jungle” ranks No. 14 in the Nonfiction category of the Rovingheights + OCM Bestseller list of 2023.

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If you loved her debut novel, “Wahala,” which ranks No. 15 on the Rovingheights + OCM Bestseller list, then you would love this second novel.

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The Hilda Baci (Hilda Baci) Effect: “Guinness World Records 2023” Book Gains Sales, Lands on RH × OCM Bestseller List

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