When ANA Had to Pay: The Story Behind the 2025 Achebe Literature Prize THE recognition had already been secured. The winner had been announced. The literary honour had been conferred. But the money attached to the 2025 Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature was still missing. That left the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) with a […]
AT a time when smartphones, social media and short-form digital content increasingly compete for the attention of young people, the unveiling of four new books by scholar and author Dr. Christopher Amaechi Okobah in Abuja developed into a wider appeal for Nigeria to confront what many educators consider a growing crisis of reading. Okobah used […]
THE countdown to one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honours has entered a decisive phase as judges begin evaluating entries for the 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, with expectations rising over who will succeed acclaimed poet Romeo Oriogun as the nation’s next poetry laureate. Although the prize secretariat has remained silent on […]
The Mystery at the Heart of Storytelling FOR generations, aspiring novelists have searched for the perfect writing formula—structured outlines, colour-coded notes, chapter templates and productivity systems designed to make storytelling predictable. Yet many accomplished authors argue that the greatest works of fiction rarely emerge from rigid planning alone. Rather than following a straight path, they […]