Nigerian literature isn’t just sad; it’s honest. This essay explores why our stories lean toward struggle, and what that says about us. For me, the answer is clear. Literature has always been a mirror ...

Here are some banned and controversial African literature books for your reading pleasure. A best-seller, probably. And, almost certainly, a book that someone somewhere will argue shouldn't be found ...

Lindsay Barrett is one Diaspora Pan-Africanist, who boldly stuck out his head in the heady days of the 1960s to relocate from Jamaica to parts of West Africa before settling down finally in Nigeria.

Book Buzz Foundation, in collaboration with the European Union, has launched The Nigeria Picture Book Project, the first-of-its-kind creative and capacity-building initiative designed to promote ...

Every few months, the same conversation comes up online: ‘Why are Nigerian books always so sad?’ Some people make the complaint in a light-hearted way, while others do so in irritation, but the ...