The "Double Wahala" of Agagu's Death and More #GreatReads

Writing for The Guardian, Martins Oloja looks at the plane crash following the death of former Ondo State governor Olusegun Agagu through the lens of Fela Kuti and Waiting for Godot
Lagos beyond borders: a literature scholar shares why Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic is a must-read classic for anyone interested in African Studies
“Writers in different locations at different times find their different reasons for writing” - Nigerian poet Afam Akeh interviewed by Uche Peter Umez for the blog Africa in Words
The very scandalous confessions of not-so-perfect librarians
A moving portrait of writerly solidarity: Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor (who tragically died in last month's terrorist attack in Nairobi) once made a passionate appeal for the release of Wole Soyinka from custody at the end of a performance of his play The Lion and the Jewel

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