‘Writing is a Work of Care and hope.’ Boluwatife Akinro's First Draft
Nigerian author, Boluwatife Akinro wants more critical thought about Nigerian pop culture. Read our interview.
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‘Clarity is Key.’ Oluremi C. Onabanjo’s First Draft
Scholar and art historian, Oluremi C. Onabanjo aims to write both creatively and analytical. Read our interview.
‘I’m Addicted to the Process.’ Dare Olaitan’s First Draft
Filmmaker, Dare Olaitan gets excited about the process of filmmaking and believes some stories can never become films. Read our interview.
‘I Don’t Remember Typos’ Fu’ad Lawal’s First Draft
Editor-in-Chief, Fu'ad Lawal is a non-perfectionist who dreams of a West Africa-As-A-Country story. Read our interview.
‘Genres are Formless, Protean Things’ Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s First Draft
What surprises sci-fi author, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, about writing is ‘how storytelling captivates’, the undying power that underlies ‘the simple act of telling a good story.’
‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft
Author and Sino-Africa scholar, Oreva Olakpe, wants more happiness in books about African women. Read our interview.
‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft
Each time author of ‘A Woman among Women’, Saratu Abiola, writes, her truth is at stake. Hence, she writes, ‘to learn what I know and what I don’t, organizing my thoughts in as intellectually honest a way that I can so that I come away from it with more clarity than when I started.’
‘Language is resilient’ Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s First Draft
What fascinates author and linguist, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, about language is its ‘resilience despite human attitude’; its ability to ‘find its way, though not always in the directions we want.’
‘Talent not nurtured is useless.’ Moyosore Orekoya’s First Draft
Chemical Engineer and author of ‘Democracy Questioned: How Democracy Can Fail Us, and What to do About It’, writes and edits ‘in chunks’, finding before editing ‘the golden mean sweet spot where I write an ‘idea’ or a standalone chunk of the article’.
‘Every Time You Decide to Write, What Is at Stake for You?’ Joshua Segun-Lean’s First Draft
Essayist and author of ‘Long Live the Children of Disobedience’ and ‘The Prophetic Vision of Chinua Achebe’, Joshua Segun-Lean, edits as he writes, ‘feeling for a sense and a sound I might never arrive at but must keep tuning for.’