Culture & Society
‘How Do You Distinguish between History and Memory?’ Emmanuel Iduma’s First Draft
Author of A Stranger’s Pose, Emmanuel Iduma, is ‘often working towards a first, near-final draft… I want any piece of my writing to be written with the intensity and personableness of addressing an imagined reader.’ Read More...
‘Music Has Always Been a Part of My Process.’ Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s First Draft
The last book author of Stay with Me, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, disagreed with is, ‘one I am working on now. Ah, why? A scene I was precious about had to be discarded but it would not leave without a fight.’ Read More...
‘The Impetus of My Life and Work is Love.’ OluTimehin Adegbeye's First Draft
Writer and social justice advocate, OluTimehin Adegbeye, says her biggest motivation is love. Love, she explains, 'is exponentially more demanding and more transformative than what it has been reduced to in the popular imagination. It sits at the centre of what I consider the greatest intellectual and literary enquiries.' Read More...
The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language
Gender is a complex system that has more to do with society, culture and time periods than it has to do with biology. Read more. Read More...
‘No One Sees the World the Way You Do.’ Kemi Falodun’s First Draft
Writer, journalist and author of ‘Soundbender: The Many Lives of Beautiful Nubia’, Kemi Falodun, believes good writing requires practice. ‘One must make an effort to improve. Although there are factors—social, financial, environmental—that may facilitate or impede one’s capacity to develop the skill.’ Read More...
Booked and Busy The Politics of Literary Prizes
Opinion is the basis of all literary prizes. Writing is rewarded by systems and institutions of opinion. Read more. Read More...
‘I Don’t Believe in Canons.’ Ibrahim Anifowoshe’s First Draft
Author of ‘We Need New Names’, Ibrahim Anifowoshe, is currently interested in Islamic representation in Nigerian fiction. ‘I am fascinated by Jinn stories and Muslims know many of it. It’s like The Conjuring but with a Qur’an and prayer mat.’ Read our interview. Read More...
Anti-Racism Beyond the West Africa’s Place in the Global Anti-Racist Discourse
As we continue to live in a moment where #EndSARS protesters have made explicit the issue of police brutality in Nigeria, connections drawn between other movements outside and within the continent provide a framework to think about liberation as a global struggle. Read more. Read More...
Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement
Looking beyond SARS will necessitate an understanding of intersecting and inherited struggles. We are inheritors of Haiti’s revolution, whether we choose to be or not, and we are dependent on the Movement for Black Lives in America as we are on the movement against Gender-Based Violence in Namibia. Read more. Read More...
‘Enough is Enough.’ #EndSARS: Why Three Women Defied Governor Wike’s Protest Ban
Kimora Omotosho, a university student at the #EndSARS protest in Port Harcourt, said her friend’s mother did not allow him to leave the house to join the protest until he threatened to kill himself. Read more. Read More...
