Farafina 16: Coming Soon!

Jude Dibia and Kaine Agary

Meet the authors of the two novels that made the final shortlist of the NLNG Prize for Literature, 2008. In this chat, Jude Dibia, author of Unbridled and Kaine Agary, author of Yellow Yellow give a peek into their writing and the value of a book. Agary’s Yellow Yellow was awarded the prize.

How many books do you read at once?
Two [...]

Farafina magazine presents: Charles Mayaki at the 2009 PAFF festival

Day 10
Another Love Story
What country has the largest black population in the world after Nigeria? If you answered Brazil, you guessed right, though this qualification comes with its own protestations. To reiterate, while people of mixed descent are referred to, in most other countries as black, in Brazil they are called ‘Pardo’ to differentiate from [...]

Farafina magazine presents: Charles Mayaki at the PAFF festival

Day 7
The Fine Arts Section of the Festival
At the festival, there is also a Fine Arts section. It’s taking place at the Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles.
Take a look at some of the stalls and goods on display.

Farafina Magazne presents: Charles Mayaki at the 2009 PAFF Festival

Day 6
The African immigrant’s experience is rarely shown on screen but today’s programme included two movies tackling that very theme.
In Prince of Broadway, Lucky, portrayed by Ghanaian Prince Adu, is an African immigrant who hustles “knock off” designer goods in New York for his Armenian boss, Levon (Karren Karagulian). He lives alone in a studio [...]

(Some) Books of 2008

UCHE PETER UMEZ
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: excellent prose, well-rounded characters and scenes, and a nuanced description of Nigeria’s ruling elite in the 1960s, descriptions still reflective of today’s dissolute leaders. Chimamanda manages to handle themes of class and power and passion in a subtle yet telling tone, without affectation. [...]

Recommended Reading: Helon Habila in Granta

Helon Habila recaptures in his piece published in Granta, his metamorphosis to becoming a writer.  His story is a sentiment-tinged recollection of the transitions at that time—it was 1999 and Nigeria had embraced a new democracy after years of oppressive military rule. Read and enjoy Another Age…

Interview With Segun Afolabi

Segun Afolabi was born in Kaduna, Nigeria. In 2005, he won the Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story “Monday Morning”. He is the author of the short story collection A Life Elsewhere and the novel Goodbye Lucille. In this chat, he gives insight into what stimulates him to write and how he forges on when he experiences a writer’s block. He currently lives in the UK.

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Happy 2009

Every new year is like the first page of a book. For us at Farafina magazine, it is a year full of endless possibilities and we would like to share this and more with you as we tell our stories with every issue.
Thank you for an eventful 2008.
What else can we say? Have a happy [...]