Some well known African works
13 Oct 2010 - Nigeria has a thriving literary scene which deserves a larger international audience, a leading African literary figure will say at The University of Manchester today. Publisher and novelist Chuma Nwokolo will highlight the start of a University of Manchester project to support creative writing at two Nigerian Universities funded through the British Council over one year. Though Nigeria - and Africa - can boast some the world's greatest writers, such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ben Okri - as well as highly regarded younger writers - it still struggles to make it's voice heard internationally, he will say. Creative writing lecturer and author Geoff Ryman will join the editorial board of Mr Nwokolo's magazine - African Writing - where he will oversee a new educational section which promotes the programme. Ryman will also lecture at two two week creative writing student workshops at the two Nigerian institutions - Taraba State University and Benue State University. Chuma Nwokolo said: "There is an explosion of young literary talent in Nigeria and other countries in Africa at the moment. "There are many examples, but one which stands out is Petina Gattah - a Zimbabwean - who was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award and winner of the Guardian First Book Award.
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