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Abibiman Publishing
Abibiman Publishing is a publishing venture, registered in the UK, the US, India and Nigeria.
It publishes books on Africa or by Africans.
FTWeekend Oxford Literary Festival.
The Nwelue Trust and Abibiman Publishing are pleased to announce the Oxford Literary Festival Prize for a New Manuscript, for a book-length unpublished work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world, which will open for submissions on 10th September, 2023 for its 2024 edition.
It offers £5,000 to the winner and publication by Abibiman Publishing. The prize rewards novels, which are exceptionally written.
Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize 2024.
A short fiction prize, in honour of the most important writer from the Caribbean, Earl Lovelace.
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CEO Pelagie Okorie on leave to pursue her PhD in the UK
A UK-based pro-Africa publishing firm, Abibiman Publishing, has named Pelagie Ijeoma Okorie as its Chief Executive Officer.
Pelagie Ijeoma Okorie is a PhD Candidate in public health epidemiology at ...
Nigeria LNG, Prof Adimora-Ezigbo and Nigeria Prize for Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru
Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Lagos, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, has been appointed as the chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Nigeria Prize for Literatur...
“The West is Running Out of Stories,” say Africans
By Saskia Vogel
“The West is running out of stories. Africa has in the part largely been insular, so Africa remains the most fertile place to get unusual stories,” said Richard Ali of Parrésia Publi...
Time to enthusiastically celebrate Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o‘s legacy
By Onyeka Nwelue
NGUGI wa Thiong’o. The name itself is magical. Peculiar tone markers, an apostrophe in an unusual place, distinct from where you’d find it in those Irish names that users an...
Abibiman Publishing launches with African and Caribbean focus
Abibiman Publishing, a UK-based publisher focused on writing from Africa and the Caribbean, has launched, vowing to "change the narrative".
The press will publish fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Re...
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James Currey Society launches the inaugural James Currey Literary Festival at Oxford with support from the British Council.
James Currey Society, Writing and Publishing Workshop, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Jan-Feb 2022
If we stand tall it is because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors – African Proverb
The James Currey Society, in cooperation with University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre, is proud...
Literature in Nigeria - Interview with Wole Soyinka
**Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka is one of the most important partners of Project "Cassandra". In this interview he answers some questions about the state of literature and the...
“Noni Salma Named Publisher of Urashi Press, Abibiman Publishing's LGBTQ+ Imprint
Noni Salma has been named Publisher of Urashi Press, the LGBTQ+ imprint of the prestigious Abibiman Publishing, in a ground-breaking announcement. The Igbo god inspired the name of the recently estab...
Six shortlisted for the 2022 Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize
JUDGES for the 2022 Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize have released a shortlist of six for the contest, according to the promoters of the project.
The shortlisted are Raphael Adebayo, ‘A Legacy ...
UK Writer-activist, Nwelue, now Visiting Fellow at Oxford
NIGERIAN writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue, has been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the African Studies Centre, at the University of Oxford.
Dr. David Pratten, the Director of the African Studies ...
Wole Soyinka speaking his peace for Abibiman
Wole Soyinka speaking his peace for Abibiman (his preferred name for Africa) at the FESTAC Colloquium. (Video is courtesy of the Centre for Black Arts and Civilizations in Lagos).