Professor Ernest N. Emenyonu at a library. Source: Igbostudies.org.
“Okwu bụ ndụ.” (Words are life). The old proverb could well summarise Emenyonu’s life's work. To him, literature was not…
Chinua Achebe in Lagos, Nigeria in the year 1966. Credit: New York Times
Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe was born on November 16, 1930, in Ogidi, Anambra State, a town alive with tradition…
Nnedi Okorafor. Source: Americanlibrariesmagazine.com
The Igbo say, “Nwata bulie aka gbagbuo ozu, o mara na ọ bụ ihe dị ndụ o buliri” ( when a child lifts what he believes…
