Chinua Achebe at 82: “We Remember Differently”, By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Excellent piece by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

I have met Chinua Achebe only three times. The first, at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, I joined the admiring circle around him. A gentle-faced man in a wheelchair.

“Good evening, sir. I’m Chimamanda Adichie,” I said, and he replied, mildly,  “I thought you were running away from me.”

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Exclusive Brittle Paper Interview | Chibundu Onuzo Speaks About Her New Novel, Nollywood, And Lagos As A City of Romance

"Interesting stuff keeps coming out of the Nigerian literary scene..."

This is how Ainehi Edoro introduces the beautiful interview given by one of my favorite up and coming writers of Nigerian descent. The same statement, I think, equally applies to what Ainehi is doing in the blog, Brittle Paper. A great way to serve literature is to give it a philosopher's chair. This is exactly what Ainehi is doing. See for yourself, by reading the already hinted interview.

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Why I want to venture into publishing - Helon Habila

Good News!
Helon Habila, writer and professor of Creative Writing in the USA wants to venture into publishing in Nigeria.

Commonwealth and Caine Prize winning writer, Helon Habila has been in Nigeria for his vacation from his US base and took time out to talk to Sunday Trust on why he is venturing into publishing and the process of publishing his third novel, Oil on Water in Nigeria.

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