A Review of When I’m Eighteen by Victor Ugwu

Title:When I’m Eighteen. Author: David Ishaya Osu “Love is when you drink a sour orange and still call it orange.” When I’m Eighteen is a collection of free consciousness, unrestricted movements and unpatented craft; a crossroads of meanings wearing shades of abstractions (and dreams). We are offered a world of gold embroidered with recurring enjambments....

Reviews

9th November 2020

Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim in Conversation with Frances Ogamba

This interview was conducted in June, 2020 “Do not be impatient for rapid validation... Do not quit” – Frances Ogamba Ayamba: Hello, Frances. Thank you for agreeing to have this conversation. Frances Ogamba: Thank you too for having me. Ayamba: In 2019, you were shortlisted for the Writivism Short Story Prize and the Koffi Addo...

Interviews

8th November 2020

Ayamba calls for Submissions

Ayamba LitCast’s One Year Anniversary Poetry Contest AyambaLitCast is open for poetry submissions to mark her one year anniversary. The aim is to engage her readers and as well, give writers across the continent the opportunity to showcase their creative skills. Who can submit: Writers from all over Africa What to submit: A previously unpublished...

Literary News, Submissions

17th October 2020

Mirrors By Hauwa Saleh Abubakar

Poet: Hauwa Saleh Abubakar Title: Mirrors (from the collection, How to Practice Forgetting) The Podcaster is Hauwa Saleh and she has her bio in the Members’ profile section.

Audio Podcast

9th October 2020

Call for Submissions, October, 2020

The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Opens. A. Igoni Barrett among the Judges The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open to submissions. The judges are: Zoë Wicomb (Chair), A. Igoni Barrett (Africa), Khademul Islam (Asia), Keith Jarrett (Canada and Europe), Diana McCaulay (the Caribbean) and Tina Makereti (the Pacific). The overall winner receives £5,000. Regional winners receive £2,500 each. If the...

Literary News

7th October 2020

Booker Prize Shortlist and other News…

Tsitsi Dangarembga and Maaza Mengiste Make Historic Booker Prize Shortlist The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist is out. Tsitsi Dangaremgba and Maaza Mengiste are on it for their works: This Mournable Body and The Shadow King respectively. It is the first time ever that two female writers from Africa have made the shortlist. Also, Maaza Mengiste...

Literary News

29th September 2020

Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim in Conversation with Temitayo Olofinlua

This interview was conducted in June 2020 “The language of words is the only thing that has worked for me.“ Temitayo Olofinlua Ayamba: Hello, Temitayo. Thank you for making out time for this interview. Temitayo: Hello. Good morning, Ibrahim. Thank you for having me. Ayamba: You won the 2019 edition of Mrs. Paula Chinwe Okafor...

Interviews