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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism

Aysegül Sert Talks to the Nigerian Writer in Paris

By Aysegul Sert | October 19, 2023

Beyond the Colonial Gaze: Readings From Contemporary Nigeria

Beyond the Colonial Gaze: Readings From Contemporary Nigeria

Lola Jaye Recommends Wole Soyinka, Biyi Bandele, Akwaeke Emezi, and More

By Lola Jaye | September 8, 2022

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

How a New Generation of Nigerian Writers Is Salvaging Tradition from Colonial Erasure

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

By Nnamdi Ehirim | June 18, 2019

Chris Abani on Tenderness, James Baldwin, and Trying to Write About the Refugee Experience

Chris Abani on Tenderness, James Baldwin, and Trying to Write About the Refugee Experience

The Secret History of Las Vegas in Conversation with Paul Holdengraber">The Author of The Secret History of Las Vegas in Conversation with Paul Holdengraber

By Literary Hub | October 27, 2017

Meet the Small Nigerian Press With Its Sights Set on the World

Meet the Small Nigerian Press With Its Sights Set on the World

Cassava Republic Wants to Broaden Your Understanding of African Literature

By Shayera Dark | October 25, 2017

And After Many Days

And After Many Days

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By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 15, 2016

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