Society of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra State Chapter

12/20/2022

Photos from the Chinua Achebe literary festival held on the 16th November, 2022

11/15/2022

The much anticipated 7th Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture organized by the Society of Young Nigerian Writers in Anambra State holds tomorrow at the Anambra State Central E- Library, Awka by 11am. You can't afford to miss out.

11/11/2022

10/14/2022

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month strike

08/25/2022

National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) have suspended their strike

08/19/2022

Non Academic Staff Union(NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have suspended their strike

08/19/2022

National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has revoked the licenses of AIT, Silverbird TV, Raypower FM and Rhythm FM amongst others.
The licenses of these broadcast media organizations were revoked over failure to meet up with the renewal requirements.

08/16/2022

"What we are doing is the sacrifice we have to save this country and it's youths. A collapsed university system is a collapsed county and we are almost there. We will not be tired, we will ensure that the university system works" ASUU President speaks

08/16/2022

According to the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke on Channels Tv program "Politics Today", "The issue of IPPIS and UTAS has been put to rest, The test has been done as agreed with the chief of staff, UTAS will be implemented".
He also confirmed that they are meeting with the federal government today.
If the meeting goes well, the strike would be called off.

05/09/2022

Namibian Film Maker Adapts Obinna Udenwe’s Story into Film.

Nigerian award-winning writer, Obinna Udenwe’s short fiction, ‘It Has to Do With Emilia’, published in 2017 in AFREADA magazine, has been adapted into a short trailer by award-winning Namibian filmmaker, Bridget Pickering.

‘It Has to Do With Emilia’ tells the story of an unusual love affair between a struggling young man named Temitayo and an older evangelist named Emilia, who shows up on his door one day to share the gospel.

The film bears the same title with the short fiction and is set in Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Bridget Pickering produced the film under her film company BUMP Films and it was directed by her daughter, Lunar Pickering.

According to Brittle Paper magazine, the movie stars South African actors Zenzelisphesihle Sparky Xulu as Temitayo and Didintle Khunou as Emilia.

The film is set to screen soon at select upcoming festivals across Africa.

Obinna Udenwe is the winner of the 2021 Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature and a 2021 NLNG Prize for Literature shortlisted author for his book ‘Colours of Hatred’.

The civil engineer-turned writer is also the author of ‘Satans and Shaitans’ and the founding editor of The Village Square Journal.