Cassava Republic Press Brings Nigeria’s Major Languages to Children’s Literature Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba Set the Tone of Cassava Republic Press’ 2022 Children’s Books Starting in Spring 2022 Cassava Republic Press will begin its first foray into publishing in African languages with the launch of a trio of Children’s books in the three main Nigerian languages […]
How we talk about mental health and masculinity matters. It’s not singular but manifests in many forms and the support and solutions offered are and should be based on the individual and their experiences. November is a month when we focus on Men’s Mental Health. A month to iterate that the world cares about this […]
As we think of home and our relationship to ever confounding Nigeria, we could not but start with Northern Nigeria, possibly because it is the current focus of political happenings or because it is where our authors Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi begin their exploration of the the conception of Nigeria in their recently released […]
Dear Black: The Literary Salon Community, Considering the urgency of the situation unfolding in Nigeria, we feel that we cannot have an intellectually removed discussion about telling stories and making history when there are bodies on the street and police shooting continues in Lagos and elsewhere in Nigeria. We feel we must direct our energy, […]
What we are seeing in Nigeria at the moment: people going into the streets to protest police brutality against everyday citizens, is not new, and that, the rebuilding and returning to the same places that they are terrorised daily, to demand change, is what makes the actions of the thousands who have taken to the […]