From Nigeria’s ‘This Day’: With government, foundation, and European Union backing, a five-state literacy effort is launched at Kaduna Book & Arts Festival.
Norwegian Library Project To Result in Digitization of Nigerian Books
From the Premium Times and The Vanguard: A ‘win-win’ agreement with Norway’s national library system is expected to see Nigerian literature digitized.
Promising a Platform for Interaction, Nigeria International Book Fair Opens Monday
Regulatory issues, the state of reading, and distribution questions are to figure into discussions held during Nigeria’s fair next week in Lagos.
Report: Nigerian Publishing in Crisis of Mistrust, Economic Challenges
Publishers, distributors, booksellers, and authors find themselves pointing at each other in a reported ‘vicious circle’ for Nigeria’s market.
Industry Notes: Showcase Offers £7,500 in International Commissions; Nigeria’s Cassava Signs With Consortium
In the UK: There’s a new call for creative proposals on online literature; and a Nigerian and UK publisher are among new Consortium clients.
Comments On the Work of the Late Nigerian Novelist Buchi Emecheta
Having died last week at 72 in London, the novelist focused much of her work on the experiences of black women in British and Nigerian cultures.
Stressing ‘an African Sensibility,’ Etisalat Prize Announces Shortlist
The top prize in this pan-African, award program for debut authors includes the Etisalat Fellowship at the University of East Anglia.
Nigeria’s Bibi Bakare-Yusuf: ‘Our Brand Is Growing’
Having seen publisher Cassava Republic grow for a decade, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf is focused on getting books into the hands of readers via international partnerships.
Longlist Announced for Africa’s Etisalat Prize for Literature
The pan-African Etisalat Prize for Literature, which includes a fellowship at the University of East Anglia, announced its longlist of African novels.
Nigeria’s Sarah Manyika on Goldsmiths Shortlist
Sarah L. Manyika has written that she finds African publishers ‘more savvy,’ willing to ‘look outside cliched representations of the continent’s writers.’