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• Bookshy is Three Today!!!!!

  

  Today, my blog turns 3 and I'm really excited. When I wrote my first ever post New Beginnings on this day in 2011 in Lagos, I had no idea what an amazing journe... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• African Speculative Fiction

  

  It's almost three years since I put together my first list on African Science Fiction, which included works from Lauren Beukes, J M Coetzee, Kojo Laing, Nnedi... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release for 2014: Nael Eltoukhy's 'Women of Karantina' (Translated b...

  

  Another new release for 2014, this time from Egyptian writer and journalist Nael Eltoukhy. Born in Kuwait in 1978, and moving to Egypt as a toddler in 1981, Nae... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Favourite African Book Covers of 2014

  

  I'm back again, with my obsession for book covers. So much so that my 'Best of 2014' list is on my favourite African book covers of the year. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• From BuzzFeed to the Washington Post: Here Are the Best African Books of 2014

  

  Ah! It's that time of the year. Where the 'Best Of ...' lists come out. We all know I love lists and I've been following them - from BuzzFeed to The Washington... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release for 2014: Nurrudin Farah's 'Hiding in Plain Sight'

  

  Nuruddin Farah is back with a new book Hiding in Plain Sight, about family, freedom and loyalty, which was released October 30th. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature from the Horn of Africa

  

  Once in a while I go on these literary journeys to places I've never been before. Well, I'm off on another one - this time inspired by Maaza Mengiste's tweets... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On African Travel Writing and 'A Fly Girl'

  

  Image via Pilgrimages In a piece on 'Travel Writing and African Writing in the 21st Century', Fatimah Kelleher writes that: 'Over the last 400 years travel... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 50 Books By African Men That Everyone Should Read: Part 2

  

  Back in July, I got to work with Dele Fatunla, the editor for Royal African Society's Gateway for Africa blog, to compile a list of 50 books by African women... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Look at the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist

  

  On November 4th 2014, Etisalat Nigeria announced the longlist for the 2nd Etisalat Prize for Literature, which according to Chair of Judges Sarah Ladipo... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Lost Novels, Accents and Gods: My Conversation with Okey Ndibe

  

  For almost two weeks, Okey Ndibe was in the UK on a tour. In that time he was a featured speaker at the Arrow of God at 50 Conference and visited a number of... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature: The Mbari Club

  

  I've really had a lot of fun this year celebrating Nigerian literature as part of our Independence month. So far I've looked at fiction set in Lagos, Hausa... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Conversation with Okey Ndibe: 3rd November at the University of Sussex

  

  I'm happy to announce that on Monday 3rd November I will be in conversation with Okey Ndibe, as part of African in Words exciting events hosting Okey Ndibe. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Two Fiction Debuts: Dieokoye Oyeyinka's "Stillborn" and Chigozie Obioma's "The...

  

  October being the month that I celebrate Nigerian literature, here are two new releases from two young Nigerian authors. One is out now and the other will be... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature: Hausa Poetry on the Nigerian Civil War

  

  Major Yakubu Gowon at Dodan Barracks, Sept 13 1968 (Source: Nairaland) Last year, one of my celebratory posts was on books based on/inspired by the Nigerian... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature: Fiction from Northern Nigeria

  

  Kurmi Market - Kano's 500 year old market. 2011 A couple of years ago, I wrote about Hausa Popular Literature, which is also known as Kano Market Literature... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature: Literature from Northern Nigeria

  

  I came across Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers and the Novel in Nigeria by Wendy Griswold the other day when I was doing some research for this post and throug... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature: Lagos Through Fiction Part 2

  

  Danfos (commercial minibuses) in Lagos. 2011. October is Naija lit month - my way of celebrating our month of Independence - and this year I'm going to get a... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 54 Years of Nigerian Literature

  

  1960 Newspaper special on Nigerian Independence http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/things-fall-apart/explore/ It's that time of year again when I... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet ... Mary Okon Ononokpono: 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes Longlisted Author

  

  I haven't done this in a while, but it's back and I'm really excited. The 'Meet' Series will be a chance for me to interview anyone I would love to meet that... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE