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Nigeria: Fashola Pens Foreword for New Book On Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Law
[This Day] Former Lagos Governor and ex-Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, CON, SAN, has written the foreword for Renewable Energy: Law and Policy in Nigeria – A Crosscutting Perspective by Dr Bitrus Joseph Bulama.
Nigeria: Baby Nkanu – Negligence or Meningitis?
[This Day] Condolences
South Africa: Grey High, Growing Up and Coming Out – Wesley Roodt On His Debut Novel All the Saints
[Daily Maverick] Writing a novel about a boy coming to terms with his own identity in a prestigious Gqeberha all-boys school gave filmmaker and author Wesley Roodt the opportunity to come to terms with the boyhood challenges that shaped him.
Nigeria: Majemite Jaboro’s ‘The Ikoyi Prison Narratives’ Is More Than a Book About Fela
[Premium Times] Drawing from his time as Fela’s cellmate in 1993, Jaboro constructs an oral-history narrative that doubles as a political archive.
Tanzania: Zanzibar’s First Lady Jets Off for the Festival of African Literature in the UAE
[Daily News] UAE — Zanzibar’s First Lady and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Zanzibar Maisha Bora Foundation (ZMBF), Maryam H. Mwinyi, has flown to the United Arab Emirates, Sharjah City, to participate as the Guest of Honour at the Second…
Nigeria: Death of Chimamanda Adichie’s Son
[This Day] The reported death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the 21-month-old son of renowned Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has sent shockwaves across the country and beyond.
Nigeria: Chimamanda Serves Legal Notice Over Son’s Death, Sanwo-Olu Orders Probe
[This Day] *Author demands certified copies of all medical records
Nigeria: Hospital Breaks Silence On Adichie’s Son’s Death, Orders Probe
[Daily Trust] Euracare Multispecialist Hospital has issued a public statement on the death of the 21-month-old son of US-based Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Kenya: Two Kenyan Women Rebuild Libraries in a Quietly Powerful New Documentary
[The Conversation Africa] Two Kenyan women – Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka – set out in 2017 to do something both ordinary and radical: rebuild neglected libraries in Nairobi.
Nigeria: Bukar Usman At 83 – A Quiet Celebration of a Literary Life
[This Day] Dr Bukar Usman turned 83 on December 10, 2025–by the grace of the Almighty, as he would readily acknowledge, and, no doubt, aided by the quiet discipline of long-honed habits.