offassignment.com/articles/olaji… New piece up Off Assignment

In this week's "Behind the Essay" interview, Olajide Omojarabi discusses how his work in education and his family's propensity for storytelling and magic influence his writing. Read the full Q&A here: bit.ly/3ITPi8G

"I remember mother flinging the black nylon through the door that led to the backyard, muttering prayers, setting it on fire, the dry sponge burning in bright red flame." By Olajide Omojarabi offassignment.com/articles/olaji…

If you wrote a letter to a stranger—to someone you once met and can't quite shake—who would you choose? Tell us by replying with “My #lettertoastranger is: To the _____," a title in the spirit of LETTER TO A STRANGER, released today by @algonquinbooks.

My thoughts on Young Jonn's Love Is Not Enough: 'While most people choose to avoid that dreary place called the friend zone, Young Jonn finds comfort in that place on “Just Friends.”' nigerianreverberations.substack.com/p/ep-review-yo…

Illegal oil refining is causing irreversible damage to the environment, the people, and the air in PH, South-south Nigeria. While the government said it has dismantled illegal refining sites, a visit to different refining sites confirms otherwise. interactive.humanglemedia.com/hgl/all-die-na…

We need your help so we can take you on ever-more literary voyages! Please consider donating to our spring fundraiser—any amount enters you to win a free #lettertoastranger audiobook. Give us a little love, and thank you for being on this journey with us! offassignment.com/tooa

A 2022 highlight has been the launch of the #lettertoastranger anthology! And we have more dreams: growing our other columns, a workshop, translation projects, & more! We're defining a new kind of travel writing. Help us out by donating to our fundraiser: offassignment.com/tooa

We are pleased to share the cover of Issue 5, which will be released later this month. The issue is guest-edited by Mali Kambandu (Mali Kambandu)🇿🇲, Willie Lee Kinard III (Willie Lee Kinard III)🇺🇸 & Yovanka Paquete Perdigão (@postcolonialchi)🇬🇼 Image by Alex & Frans Odicky 🇸🇳

"I think of you now the same way I thought of you as a child: magic, angelic, able to dispel dark clouds of misfortune, able to return light." Such a lovely essay by Olajide Omojarabi in Off Assignment

Thank you for reading, Jai, and thanks for your kind words.

Yayyy! We're super excited to announce our first book!!! Last year, we started donating books and writing resources to kids in under-resourced communities. However, our goal was always to write our own books. This is why this book means a lot to us.

This is a gem for children who still need access to quality education and books in low income communities. Writing, publishing and making books like these available to kids in underserved schools is one step Books2Kids 📚 is taking in the right direction. Many more to come!

“At that age, I didn’t know that my mother was teaching me storytelling—that once you tell a story to the world, it is no longer yours.” From the archives, Olajide Omojarabi reflects on which stories are whose to tell. guernicamag.com/mother-tongue-…

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” - Jhumpa Lahiri Happy #WorldBookDay to every reader out there! May you continue to be amazed & inspired by the power of the written word!!

Yesterday, we were in Port Harcourt to inspire, improve the literacy & spark the curiosity of kids from some under-served schools. They were just as excited as we were to become the latest owners of our book Oroma, Aeronautical Engineer. Let's do more. Together, we can!

Feeling honored and grateful! Thank you Commonwealth Foundation Creatives for this immense recognition! #CWprize

Azags Gandaah Reena Usha Rungoo Jayne Bauling Nigerian writer Olajide Omojarabi has been shortlisted with ‘House No. 49’. Olajide tells the tale of a young man’s dream of football stardom.

‘Before the posters arrived, word had reached us about a new football academy coming to town.’ Read ‘House No. 49’ by Olajide Omojarabi which was shortlisted for the 2024 #CWprize. Illustrator: Tinuke Fagborun 🎨 addastories.org/house-no-49/