Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Receives Prestigious 2024 Templeton Prize
In a remarkable recognition of her profound work on trauma and forgiveness, Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has been awarded the 2024…
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Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ to be Developed into TV Series by Yvonne Orji
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Philipo Oyaro and Fatuma Salim Win the 2023 Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature
the winners of the 2023 Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize have been unveiled. Philipo Oyaro and Fatuma Salim emerged victorious in the…
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Morgan Freeman Teams Up with The Critics Company to Produce “War Is Coming”
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Showmax Releases Trailer For First Nigerian Horror Movie “Dead of Night”
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Notes on Grief” Shows Me that Grief is a Stranger
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Victor Osimhen Joins Content Creator Shank in Street Football Challenge
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J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere’s acclaimed fascination with Nigerian women hairstyles
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From the Jailer, comes V: Listen to Asa new project
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Anticipated Yoruba Film “Apaara” Welcomes Over 600 Nollywood Actors
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“Hotel Labamba” Reviews: Murder Mystery Meets Comedy in A Passable Story
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Two African Writers Among the 8 Winners of the 2023 RSL Literature Matters Awards
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