by Ololade Edun 14 Simple Writing Tips for Fiction Writers 1. Know how to differentiate between ‘I am/I’m/am’ & ‘too/to/two’ 2. Stop switching possessives with contractions. Know best how to differentiate between denotations and connotations 3. ‘There/Their/They’re’ & ‘Where/Were/Where’re’ are words you shouldn’t mix their usage 4. Active always win passive. And weak words deserves …
by Testimony Soyoye The African story is the story of Africa’s true identity. It is the story about our culture, norms, traditions, and heritage. Several male African authors in their different ways have projected Africa to the global audience through their writings. This has helped our stories to be told in the proper African way …
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The editing project is born out of the initiative of extending helping hands to African writers and promoting their African narratives. It is a known fact that the slightest errors taint the beauty of just any literary work and basically, errors impress more on the mind…
African literature encompasses all oral and written literature and aims at portraying Africa in its truest form. African writers have projected their voices on issues concerning the African society. We have put together a few of these amazing persons..
Literary competitions abound in the literary space. There’s no limit to the number of contests that exist. But, winning these competitions is the main thing…
The name Ben Okri has become synonymous with magical realism, and The Famished Road. When one speaks of the genre of magical realism, one does not go far before his name springs up. But little else is known about him, who is Ben Okri?
The first draft can be likened to a caging of the ideas fluttering in the writer’s head, so that they do not fly away…
Writing is a beautiful job, but it comes with occupational hazards. And a very significant writing hazard is stress. And we dare say that writers suffer a lot more stress than most people think. Crafting beautiful works requires much from us. And there are various ways to relieve stress, see what the tribesmen had to say about it…
A writer is not a writer until his/her work is communicated, i.e. humans have found meaning to your work, and it connects to them…
Faith and spirituality are very important to Africans, particularly writers. And now faith is the subject of our tribe conversation today. See what the tribesmen have to say about Faith..