https://olongoafrica.com/the-panenkas-paradox/
The Panenka's Paradox - Olongo Africa
Feb 6, 2026 - Download as PDFAt the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium during the 2026 AFCON final, Morocco’s Brahim Díaz attempted something almost unheard of in the 68-year...
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https://olongoafrica.com/nigerian-literature-is-dead-again/
Nigerian Literature is Dead (Again) - Olongo Africa
Dec 18, 2025 - Download as PDFWhen Oris Aigbokhaevbolo declared Nigerian literature dead, he did not do so casually. He was not lamenting a temporary lull or the...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/tobi-idowu/
Tobi Idowu, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/poetics-of-the-abject-in-adedayo-agaraus-the-years-of-blood/
Poetics of the Abject in Adedayo Agarau's The Years of Blood - Olongo Africa
Feb 8, 2026 - Download as PDFIn Adedayo Agarau’s new collection The Years of Blood, boundaries blur and collapse. Life bleeds into death. Self merges with the other. Ritual...
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https://olongoafrica.com/petrel-among-the-interpreters-biodun-jeyifo-in-nigerias-intellectual-storms/
Petrel Among the Interpreters: Bíọ́dún Jéyǐfò in Nigeria’s Intellectual Storms - Olongo Africa
Mar 4, 2026 - Download as PDF In the early rainy season of 1975, a battered Volkswagen Beetle carrying two young academics crossed the Togo-Ghana border. The car’s owner, a...
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https://olongoafrica.com/meet-olongoafricas-translation-editor/
Meet OlongoAfrica's Translation Editor - Olongo Africa
Apr 8, 2026 - We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ibrahim Fawzy as OlongoAfrica’s Translation Editor. In this role, Fawzy will head our Lingua project and other...
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https://olongoafrica.com/faq/
Submit/FAQ - Olongo Africa
Jan 9, 2026 - Download as PDFFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Submission Guidelines What kind of work do you publish? We publish a broad spectrum of literary and creative...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/deji-toye/
Deji Toye, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/olongoafrica-is-republishing-an-african-abroad/
OlongoAfrica to Republish "An African Abroad" - Olongo Africa
Dec 23, 2022 - Download as PDF Mashood Ọlábísí Àjàlá’s wild ride of a life began on a bicycle. In 1952, the Nigerian writer, then 22 years old, biked for 2,280 miles from...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/adebimpe-adeyemi/
Adebimpe ADEYEMI, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/koso-agboanike/
Koso Agboanike, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/presenting-the-digitized-black-orpheus-journals/
Presenting the Digitized Black Orpheus Journals - Olongo Africa
Mar 24, 2026 - Download as PDFIt gives us some pleasure to present the digitized copies of Black Orpheus journal to the public for the first time. Over the last six months,...
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https://olongoafrica.com/category/journalism/
Journalism Archives - Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/demagoguery-and-patriotism/
Demagoguery and Patriotism - Olongo Africa
Apr 5, 2026 - Download as PDFIdi Amin once promised to “make Uganda move once again.” The slogan never caught on like today’s political catchphrases, but the ambition feels...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/ifesinachi-nwadike/
Ifesinachi Nwadike, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/olongoafrica-black-orpheus-fellowship-application/
OlongoAfrica Black Orpheus Fellowship (Application) - Olongo Africa
Oct 13, 2025 - Download as PDFOlongoAfrica is offering long-term and short-term opportunities to support quality research and writing on the history, politics, and influence...
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https://olongoafrica.com/on-fela-wizkid-and-the-politics-of-afrobeats/
On Fela, Wizkid, and the Politics of Afrobeats - Olongo Africa
Feb 10, 2026 - Download as PDFThe digital media space in Nigeria is an unrelenting arena of attention-grabbing spectacle, as hardly does an issue surface before others pull...
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https://olongoafrica.com/olongoafricas-black-orpheus-fellows-selected/
OlongoAfrica's Black Orpheus Fellows Selected - Olongo Africa
Oct 13, 2025 - Download as PDFWe were thrilled by the response to our Black Orpheus Fellowship announcement late last year. We got 59 applications, all of them fascinating...
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https://olongoafrica.com/a-new-soul-of-the-nigerian-anthologies/
The New Soul of the Nigerian Anthologies - Olongo Africa
Apr 3, 2026 - Download as PDFA few years ago, I was in conversation with Odoh Diego Okenyodo, a former literary journalist and poet who has since left the sphere of literary...
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https://olongoafrica.com/nlng-finalists-for-fiction-2025/
NLNG Finalists for Fiction, 2025 - Olongo Africa
Aug 29, 2025 - Download as PDFFrom 252 entries down to 11 longlisted authors, The Nigeria Prize for Literature have pruned their list down to three finalists. This year’s...
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https://olongoafrica.com/child-of-my-mother/
child of my mother - Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/pivotal-sophomores-in-nigerian-poetry/
Pivotal Sophomores in Nigerian Poetry - Olongo Africa
Jan 29, 2026 - Download as PDFAmong the genres, poetry is still king in the Nigerian literary space. It might not be hyperbolic to say a poetry collection or chapbook is...
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https://olongoafrica.com/playing-bata-in-my-poetry-a-conversation-with-ifeoluwa-ayandele/
“Playing Bàtá in My Poetry”: A Conversation with Ifeoluwa Ayandele - Olongo Africa
Apr 27, 2026 - Download as PDFBorn in Tede, Nigeria, Ifeoluwa Ayandele is a poet with work in Callaloo, Poetry London, Magma, Michigan Quarterly Review, among other...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/kolatubosun/
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/a-review-of-the-forgotten-era-nigeria-before-british-rule/
A review of "The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule" - Olongo Africa
Dec 1, 2025 - Download as PDFFor a very long time, what is termed history of Africa or documentation of the people of the continent had been snippets of often biased and...
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https://olongoafrica.com/on-lineage-and-voice/
On Lineage and Voice - Olongo Africa
Nov 22, 2025 - Download as PDFOn a humid afternoon, after a few years back from Germany, in our house in Nigeria, where my childhood had its formative years, I found a book...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/star-zahra/
Star Zahra, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/olongo-africa/
Olongo Africa, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/olongo-press/
Olongo Press, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/in-dream-count-adichie-denies-us-catharsis/
In Dream Count, Adichie Denies Us Catharsis - Olongo Africa
Dec 2, 2025 - Download as PDFNovels often build toward closure, offering readers a resolution or tying loose ends, but in Dream Count, Adichie resists this expectation. She...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/ayobami-kayode/
Káyọ̀dé Ayọ̀bámi, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/a-poet-and-his-nation-in-flight/
A Poet and His Nation in Flight - Olongo Africa
Apr 5, 2026 - Download as PDFA poet and his nation in flight. First, the poet’s country, Uganda – an ill-fated Icarus – flew with delirium, overreached itself mid-flight,...
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/ajibola-adigun/
Ajibola Adigun, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/olayinka-oyegbile/
Olayinka Oyegbile, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/author/e-e-sule/
E. E. Sule, Author at Olongo Africa
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https://olongoafrica.com/best-literary-translations-anthology-a-call-for-a-co-editor-of-middle-eastern-literatures/
Best Literary Translations Anthology: A Call for a Co-Editor of Middle Eastern Literatures - Olongo...
Jul 13, 2025 - Deadline for Applications: Monday, August 4, 2025 Call for Applications: A series co-editor for expertise in Middle Eastern literatures, for Best Literary...
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https://olongoafrica.com/black-orpheus-at-art-x-lagos/
Black Orpheus at Art X Lagos - Olongo Africa
Oct 13, 2025 - Download as PDFBetween October 31 and November 4, 2024, we unveiled an exhibition at the Art X Lagos showcasing the original covers and content of Black...
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https://olongoafrica.com/what-we-download-when-the-libraries-are-empty/
What We Download When the Libraries Are Empty - Olongo Africa
Apr 5, 2026 - Download as PDFIn 1962, the Heinemann African Writers Series began publishing inexpensive paperback editions of African literature that would define a...
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https://olongoafrica.com/mbari-interrogating-the-place-of-space-in-african-art/
Mbari: Interrogating the Place of Space in African Art - Olongo Africa
Nov 3, 2025 - Download as PDF Long after the last fire was put out in this old restaurant, the pot goes on smouldering. The band is in the area designated as the stage,...
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