At the award ceremony yesterday, 16th January 2020, the winners of the 2020 NASELS Prize for Literature were announced in both categories. Fiction: Purity by Adeyosola Adeniran - Winner Baptism by Favour Etinosa Ogieriakhi - 1st Runner-up Non Fiction: Beautiful Black Child, Come and Shed Your Black Cloud by Oluchi Miracle Ozuem - Winner Godfatherism … Continue reading NPL 2020 Winners Announced
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Read What the Judges have to Say about the Non Fiction Shortlist
Esther creatively marries a sympathetic personal voice with an impersonal narrative. It is an important fusion that adapts the 'frame narratives' of fiction for reconciling realities that seem far from reach, yet so close. The distance Esther creates to achieve this is well-managed and integral to the essence of non-fiction. With a strong voice, a … Continue reading Read What the Judges have to Say about the Non Fiction Shortlist
Shortlist for NASELS Prize for Literature
The 2020 NASELS Prize for Literature, which was open for submissions on November 11, closed on December 22, 2019. We received about 20 entries collectively in both categories. After weeks of deliberation, our judges have come up with this shortlist of 8 entries (4 in each category) below, according to category, in no particular order. … Continue reading Shortlist for NASELS Prize for Literature
VISION 2020 UNREALISTIC, WHAT NEXT? by Oguntegbe Paul Adeyemi
Everyone has a dream and dreams cannot be actualized without the set up of sequential steps towards achieving such dreams. It was Nigeria's dream, some years back, to become one of the largest twenty economies in the world, able to consolidate its leadership role in Africa and establish itself as a significant player in the … Continue reading VISION 2020 UNREALISTIC, WHAT NEXT? by Oguntegbe Paul Adeyemi
GODFATHERISM IN POLITICS: SHOULD IT BE BANNED OR NOT? by Fatai Mariam Modupeola
The word 'godfather' conjures up different meanings to different people. In many parts of Europe and America, it is simply associated with a cuddly uncle. The word has almost the same meaning in the Catholic Church tradition, a young man trying to become baptised or married in the Catholic Church is expected to have a … Continue reading GODFATHERISM IN POLITICS: SHOULD IT BE BANNED OR NOT? by Fatai Mariam Modupeola
Esther by Omale Emmanuel Omale
It is true that stories are pseudo reality. Even fiction. A reality that we wear so well you get to admire the pattern and style of the tailoring. You are lost in the yarns and yards and prints and sew. You are dazzled by the rainbow colors of Joseph’s coat. It becomes your reality. But … Continue reading Esther by Omale Emmanuel Omale
Beautiful Black Child, Come and Shed Your Black Cloud by Oluchi Miracle Ozuem
I “All the shine of a thousand spotlight All the stars we steal from the night sky Will never be enough” On a day like this, you want to cry. Not just cry but to cry next to someone, no sniffling, no keeping a stiff upper lip, no pretence, no tissue. You want to cry … Continue reading Beautiful Black Child, Come and Shed Your Black Cloud by Oluchi Miracle Ozuem
Lost in the World by Blessing Opeyemi
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players... " Life is a playing ground; a trap, a beautiful adventurous plain; a dark tunnel with no end and if there is any, not a beautiful one I know . I looked down over the wooden cot housing the most beautiful thing … Continue reading Lost in the World by Blessing Opeyemi
When Hell Meets Earth by Adebeso Blessing
Simon watched from his squat on the stairs as his father pulled his mother into an easy spin then dipped her, before smoothly raising her into a slow waltz. She resisted for a while. It was something she did, pretending not to be interested in the dance, wanting to be wooed. His father obliged and … Continue reading When Hell Meets Earth by Adebeso Blessing
Baptism by Ogieraiakhi Favour Etinosa
The first time Osas saw someone die was quite different from the second. The first instance was at Church during the sacred baptism of her older brother, Osasu. She watched intently as the white cladded baptist led Osasu by hand into the pool of water often called Jordan. Osasu, earlier that day, had been irritated … Continue reading Baptism by Ogieraiakhi Favour Etinosa
NASELS Prize for Literature 