Four Nigerian authors have made the shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, out of five stories chosen and announced on Wednesday. The Chair of judges for the prize, art historian and broadcaster, Gus Casely-Hayford said: “The shortlist was selected from 96 entries from 16 African countries. They are all outstanding African stories that were drawn from an extraordinary body of high quality s ...

A resolution honouring Professor Chinua Achebe has been adopted by the New York senate in Albany as part of its tradition of paying tribute to the lives of those who distinguished themselves through their life's work. The legislative body highlighted Prof. Achebe’s life of writing and dedication to excellence, including working up until the time of his death as the David and Marianna fisher university Profe ...

Anatomy of a woman is a play with multiple plots. The play portrays the life of a working class girl caught up with dealing with more than one love interest. The play by Wole Oguntokun which attempts to show a complex subject can be transform into a simple tale. ...

Renowned Nigerian novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, has passed away at the age of 82. Professor Achebe died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. An unnamed family source said the Professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston. Some of Professor Achebe's popular books include Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of th ...

This episode of Channels Bookclub peeks into the world of Koko Kalango, a frontrunner in Nigeria’s World Book Festival successful bid, which will hold in the city of Port Harcourt in 2014. We also take a look at the the 2012 Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) which was a convergence of art and book lovers. Our regular feature of Celebrity Reader, features Channels TV presenter; Maupe Ogun, who shares her r ...

Sefi Atta, an acclaimed playwright and author, in this edition of Channels Bookclub, talks about her latest book and links her past, present and future with her writing prowess and the divergent reception she gets from her readers across the world. The former Accountant also disclosed that she did not grow up reading a lot as a child. This edition also features the first part of the interview with Catholic ...

Streaming ‘Nollywood’ movie service iROKOtv has announced that it is partnering with Nokia to launch the Nigerian company’s first mobile app, exclusively on the Windows Phone platform on its Lumia range. The deal is a way of trying to build momentum for the struggling Finnish phone giant. Nokia which is a major brand in Nigeria has done other content deals on its lower-spec Asha range. This tie-up with the ...

On first glance, these stripped-back images of well-known figures look like beautifully shot photographs. In fact, each one is an incredibly detailed pencil drawing. Their astonishing realism is rapidly making their young artist as famous as his subjects - who include Beyonce, Amy Winehouse, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. Kelvin Okafor, 27, graduated from Middlesex University in fine art and is now makin ...

France has returned to Nigeria five ancient terracotta sculptures smuggled out of the country in 2010. The artefacts, of Nok origin, were found in the luggage of French citizen at a Paris airport. Their exact value has not been disclosed, but they are believed to date back more than 3,000 years. The Minister of Tourism Edem Duke, said it was a "big achievement" in the country's campaign to recover its lost ...

The winner of the 2012 NLNG $100,000 prize for literature, Chika Unigwe has described herself as not being a confident writer, yet she churns out award-winning novels, one after the other. Unigwe admitted this in an interview on Rubbin Minds while answering questions on how she’s striving to meet up with her role models; Chinwe Achebe and Flora Nwapa. “The only pressure I feel is against myself. I am a very ...