The race for Africa’s biggest literary prizes begins 07 September 2012 A literary shortlist always creates excitement, shock, surprise and even hisses. The US$ 100,000 worth The Nigerian Prize for Literature just released elicits no less emotions, at least for those familiar with some or all of the works. On the shortlist are Ngozi […]
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Ngozi Achebe, Lola Shoneyin, Chika Unigwe, Olusola Olugbesan and six others nominated for Literary Award 10 September 2012 As far as Africa is concerned, prizes don’t come any bigger and challenging than this – the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) Literary prize for writers of Nigerian descent based both at home and abroad. Currently […]