A missing painting of a princess that attained an almost mythical status after going decades unseen has been discovered in a north London flat. Ben Enwonwu’s 1974 painting of the Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as Tutu, is a national…
Literature
LIETRARY CLUB ANNOUNCES CONTEST FOR AFRICAN WRITERS
The Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition has begun accepting submissions for a literary contest. The Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition features short stories drawn from contributors across the African continent. It accepts unpublished fiction and creative non-fiction submissions,…
Meet the Ooni of Ife, the leader of Nigeria’s Yoruba
A former entrepreneur, King Ojaja II became one of the youngest kings in Nigeria when he ascended to the throne in 2015. It’s a sweltering hot day in Ife, an ancient city in the southwestern state of Osun that is…
Shrewsbury Festival of Literature to launch story-telling project
People, who have journeyed from overseas and ended up making Shropshire their home, are being urged to tell their stories to form part of a new performance work that will debut at this year’s Shrewsbury Festival of Literature. Festival organisers…
5 Good Summer Reads
Summer is a great time to escape: to the beach, to the mountains, or to the world of a great book. This year, I found myself drawn even more than usual to books that took me outside (and I don’t…
From Coal Country to Yale
I am not a self-made man. My parents started me off in life with every possible advantage—from great schools to constant encouragement to patience with my many quirks. So the disadvantaged world J.D. Vance describes in his terrific, heartbreaking…