25 November 2024

Ikike Arts Announces Winners of the 2024 Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize

Ikike Arts is thrilled to announce the top three winners of the 2024 Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize, a prestigious literary award that celebrates outstanding poetry chapbooks.
4 November 2024

Father is A Body of Water, by John Owen “St Johnkay” Adimike

Father is A Body of Water, by John Owen "St Johnkay" Adimike, paints a metaphor of fatherhood and the sentiments of fathering a child. It explored fatherhood from a refreshing experience, likening it to an uncertain breed of a water body.
18 October 2024

Self-Publishing for African Authors: Navigating the Pros and Cons

Self-publishing has become a transformative option for authors, allowing them to share their unique stories with the world. While this path offers creative control and the potential for financial independence, it also presents significant challenges, such as navigating the publishing process and effectively marketing their work. In this article, I'll outline the challenges and rewards of self-publishing for African authors.
14 October 2024

Park Boy, Fiction by Chimezie Umeoka

'Park Boy' is a narrative story about an unnamed character's encounter with a boy at a public park and the fleeting nature of their correspondence. It intertwines nostalgia with strangeness and new perspectives embodied by the Aba city.
10 October 2024

Beauty Of My Face, by Salihu Muhammad Ebba

'Beauty Of My Face,' by Salihu Muhammad Ebba' is a poem of nature's beauty, shines from sunrise to sunset. Flowers bloom, birds sing, and sunsets dazzle. Simple joys fill our hearts, making every moment so special and precious.
2 October 2024

10 Years Later, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Set to Release a New Book—Dream Count

10 years later, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie set to release a new book—Dream Count—a novel that explores the intricacies of love, choices, and self-discovery.
6 September 2024

DUSK, by Tanimonure Richards

The poem is about a gallant wordsmith who grew weary of his wordcraft because he feels he wasn't making impact nor getting his desired result from writing. Dusk narrates this feeling of himself, of which he eventually gave us a happy ending of it.
30 August 2024

Growing Out, by Beatrice Yahena Icasiam

Genova's ex-lover was nothing but a restaurant. She was not her home, because if he was, then she would have never left. Hands intertwined with her new lover, Genova stares at the ruins of the restaurant, and wishes she never left.
31 July 2024

Fractured Reflections of a Broken Mirror, by Daniel Aôndona

Terdoo, a former social prefect, falls into bad company, gets expelled, and becomes a dropout. Desperate to register for exams, he attempts to snatch a woman's money, gets caught, and brutally beaten. His mother dies from the shock, and he's left alone, filled with regret and sorrow.
9 July 2024

Book Review: The Burden of History in Nsan Eneyo’s The Rich Old Man from Ngorika, by Nket Godwin

The book review focuses on how the poet (Nsan Eneyo) uses his poems to interrogate the history of his people, the Andoni/Obolo people of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region.
30 June 2024

Deadline Extension: The Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize and The Adaeze Prize for Novella

We wish to announce that the deadline for the Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize & the Adaeze Prize for Novella have been postponed from 30th June to 14th July, 2024.