Culture & Society

‘Anger is Great for Writing’ Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s First Draft

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAugust 12, 2020

Nigerian poet, essayist and author, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, believes anger is great for writing. She finds that anger ‘makes the futile exercise of trying to be careful while writing, fall away.’ Read our interview.

August/September 2020First DraftInterviews

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‘Let it Marinate.’ Molara Wood’s First Draft

Molara WoodAugust 5, 2020

Nigerian author and Chief Editor at Ouida Books, Molara Wood, believes good writing, ‘is not just about stringing words together.’ For Wood, ‘it’s about the imagination, a sensibility, a way of seeing the world.’

August/September 2020First DraftInterviews

‘Sometimes, Less Can Be More.’ Muzz Muhammad’s First Draft

Muzz MuhammadJuly 29, 2020

Nigerian author, Muzz Muhammad thinks every health problem exists in a global context. ‘Borders are unnatural,’ he says. Read our interview.

First DraftInterviewsJune/July 2020

Some Teachers Curse Students The Human Costs of Nigeria’s Failing Public School System

Habeeb AsudemadeJuly 22, 2020

Without proper funding, little to nothing can be done to improve the state of public schools in Nigeria. Yet, over the years, little attention has been paid to funding these schools. Read more.

June/July 2020

‘You Don’t Have to Get It Right in Draft 1.’ Tolu Ogunlesi’s First Draft

Tolu OgunlesiJuly 20, 2020

Nigerian journalist, poet and public servant, Tolu Ogunlesi’s last major unfinished project was a novel. Read our interview.

First DraftInterviewsJune/July 2020

God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020

Accommodationists insist that during crisis moments like the current COVID-19 pandemic, scientists should lead with research and innovation while the believers should pray to God to bestow scientists with the knowledge to produce the needed vaccines. Read more.

June/July 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

‘I’m Obsessed with Hauntings.’ ’Pemi Aguda’s First Draft

'Pemi AgudaJuly 15, 2020

Nigerian author and writer, ’Pemi Aguda writes because the fictional worlds give her some semblance of power. Read our interview.

First DraftInterviewsJune/July 2020

‘Dead Body No Dey Do Shakara’ Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, Pidgin Stew & One Literary Bowl of Thoughts

Olajide SalawuJuly 13, 2020

Despite being a language spoken nationwide, Pidgin seems to have gained little attention from both established writers and the new writers who are fronting the Nigerian online literary experience. Read more.

June/July 2020

Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts

Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020

Africa has always had literature. The continent has always had art and history, too. But which future can exist without proper recognition of the past? Read more.

June/July 2020

‘Writing is a Piece of Work.’ Victor Ehikhamenor’s First Draft

Victor EhikhamenorJuly 8, 2020

Nigerian artist, writer and photographer, Victor Ehikhamenor started reading late but described the feeling as torrential when he began. Read our interview.

First DraftInterviewsJune/July 2020