The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has begun receiving entries for its 2012 literary prizes for writers home and abroad. The association in a statement signed by its Secretary General BM Dzukogi said it has [...]
Mar 262012
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Feb 212012
One hundred and fifty thousand naira! I had not expected them to pay that much. I often bemoaned my ill luck in having worked for the State government rather than the Federal government who paid [...]
Dec 032011
It was either the music reaching my ears from the street or the light hitting my eyes that caused me to sit up in fear that I had overslept even before I turned to the [...]
Nov 062011
I put my food aside, picked up a magazine and flicked through as I waited to be summoned. Time moved ever so slowly and I found myself looking at the clock every few minutes. I, [...]
Nov 032011
He came bearing gifts: yams, bunches of plantain and freshly smoked catfish. “I hear you are leaving today” he said “Yes,” I replied “I want to thank you for keeping my secret” I wished to [...]
Aug 222011
It started so innocently. It was just a comment that I made but it smarted and you replied with more venom than the words I’d spoken deserved. I was furious at your response and rather [...]
Jul 262011
I was woken up by the contractions and before I could take another breath the membranes bursted and water gushed out from my body as though from an open tap. I made to control it [...]
Jul 192011
Nkechi gazed at the paper in her hands with a mixture of joy and trepidation. For ages she had waited to see these words. It was exhilarating and yet terrifying. Two days after she missed [...]