Nigeria's queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness: Author Akwaeke Emezi. Theo Wargo/WireImageQueering the Black Atlantic: Transgender Spaces in Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater is a paper by Rocío Cobo-Piñero. It considers Emezi’s award-winning semi-autobiographical novel about Ada, who is an ogbanje, a spirit born in a human body. It uses the novel to suggest ways … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s queer literature offers a new way of looking at blackness | The Conversation
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New African literature is disrupting what Western presses prize | The Conversation
New African literature is disrupting what Western presses prize: Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie after a reading of her book 'Americanah' in Lagos in 2013. Akintunde Akinleye /ReutersAfrican literature is the object of immense international interest across both academic and popular registers. Far from the field’s earlier, post-colonial association with marginality, a … [Read more...] about New African literature is disrupting what Western presses prize | The Conversation
Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2016 Shortlist
Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2016 Shortlist: The fastest growing and Innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria (http://Etisalat.com.ng), has announced the names of the three shortlisted authors for the 2016 edition of its pan-African flagship literary prize, the Etisalat Prize for Literature (https://Prize.Etisalat.com.ng). According to this … [Read more...] about Etisalat Prize for Literature Announces 2016 Shortlist
9 Authors Make Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 Longlist
9 Authors Make Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 Longlist: Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature (https://Prize.Etisalat.com.ng), has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made up of entries from first-time authors whose books were published in the past 24 months. The longlisted books are Mr. and Mrs. Doctor … [Read more...] about 9 Authors Make Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 Longlist
Chinese literature in Africa: meaningful or simply ceremonial? | The Conversation
Chinese literature in Africa: meaningful or simply ceremonial?: A South African Buddhist celebrates the Chinese New Year at Nan Hua Buddhist temple in Bronkhorstpruit, South Africa ReutersSino-African relations have garnered a great deal of public interest in recent decades. Commentary tends to focus on trade, economic investment and aid and is often negative in tone. Based on … [Read more...] about Chinese literature in Africa: meaningful or simply ceremonial? | The Conversation
