Honestly, without the work of Nigerian book creators, influencers, and digital communities over the last few years, the current boom we are seeing in the industry wouldn’t exist.

One way of reviving African literature may not be just in terms of new themes, but in terms of new forms or structures.

Basketball in Nigeria is a sport that is full of excitement, rivalry, and sheer skill at every stage. For a long time, women’s asketball was overshadowed. Then, history was rewritten because of ...

Ikenna Osuji, author of Agent Arimonu and Chronicles of Ilu tells Littafi readers what it means to write such uniquely African fantasy,

Womanhood isn’t straightforward; what you believe defines a woman can differ from what someone else feels.

I’m nothing but a blank canvas,So you can paint me however you like,Red, green, blue … whatever colours,I’ll stay put even as you hand back my heart to me on a spike. I’m nothing but...

The tears fell again,But she found peace in them, because she loved the rain,She thought the tears a gem. She walked down the street as they poured,Bloodshot eyes, tear-streaked cheeks, bewildered gla...

Do you know I’m not as strong as I say I am?When you don’t call,That’s when the tears fall.Can you tell I’m not as sane as you think I am?When you go away,That’s when the demons come out to play. Can ...

I enjoy writing most of my stories in first person. It allows for intimacy, and readers feel like they’re hearing someone’s diary or voice notes.

The original victim still lay forgotten in the sand, still writhing as concerned caregivers tried to make him comfortable with water, massages and one hundred suggestions on how to fix ruined knees. ...

A stoic person, Yaya would very much be anywhere else but at the heart of Mafoluku, listening to music he’d grown up listening to, but had never loved.

What manner of love is this? A love that endures. A love that believes. They don’t make them like this anymore, Bessem. They don’t.