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OBITUARY: Biyi Bandele, multifaceted filmmaker who won first literary prize at 14

In the lead-up to the release of ‘Blood Sisters’ and hot on the heels of the movie’s Netflix debut, Biyi Bandele, like other executives, was inundated with a series of

OBITUARY: Okara, literary icon who discovered his writing talent after Herbert Macaulay ‘seized his pencil’

Cryptically crafted, Gabriel Okara’s The Call of the River Nun, written in 1953, transcended beyond an ode to the river that passes through his native home in the Niger Delta.

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Gabriel Okara, Nigeria’s foremost poet, dies at 97

Gabriel Okara, Nigeria’s foremost poet and novelist, has died one month to his 98th birthday. According to a family member, Okara died at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, capital of

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Chimamanda Adichie: I thought I would strangle my husband if he were a writer

Chimamanda Adichie, an award-winning author, reportedly suffered instances of depression while growing up and even as an adult. Adichie’s experience was recounted through the narrative of Eghosa Imasuen, a medical

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