On Saturday, 23 August 2025, the Ibadan Book and Arts Festival (IbaFest), in collaboration with NuStreams, held an evening of rare illumination at the NuStreams Conference and Culture Centre, Ibadan. Titled The Polymath’s Journey: A Conversation on Humanity, Technology, and the Yoruba Worldview, the gathering drew together lovers of literature, culture, and knowledge to celebrate … Continue reading
![Grief: Its Invisible Gerund [CNF] | Abasi-maenyin Esebre](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sevhage-prizes-2024i-win.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Grief: Its Invisible Gerund [CNF] | Abasi-maenyin Esebre")
African & Black Creatives for Development, and SELDI, SEVHAGE presents the winner of the SEVHAGE/Maria Ajima Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2023. Abasi-maenyin Esebre’s piece is the winning entry and a unanimous choice of the judges for its beauty. – SVA 1.It’s neat to think that death belongs to the old, to hope that the future … Continue reading
![THE PROTEST LAMB [CNF] | Blessing Omeiza Ojo](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sevhage-prizes-2024i-win-3.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "THE PROTEST LAMB [CNF] | Blessing Omeiza Ojo")
In partnership with Alinea Initiative, Goethe Institut Nigeria, African & Black Creatives for Development, and SELDI, SEVHAGE presents the winners of the Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2024. Blessing Omeiza Ojo’s piece is the joint-winning entry. “And like sheep to the slaughter, we marched—but not without song.”— Unattributed Lamb as a MetaphorI became … Continue reading
![Compass Rose [CNF] | Abasi-maenyin Esebre](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sevhage-prizes-2024i-win-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Compass Rose [CNF] | Abasi-maenyin Esebre")
In partnership with Alinea Initiative, Goethe Institut Nigeria, African & Black Creatives for Development, and SELDI, SEVHAGE presents the winners of the Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2024. Abasi-maenyin Esebre’s piece is the joint-winning entry. I I failed English in WAEC. The second time I wrote the exam, I got an E. And … Continue reading
![We Bought an Album in June [CNF] | Nana Sule](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sevhage-prizes-2024i-win-1.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "We Bought an Album in June [CNF] | Nana Sule")
In partnership with Alinea Initiative, Goethe Institut Nigeria, African & Black Creatives for Development, and SELDI, SEVHAGE presents the winners of the Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2024. Nana Sule’s piece is the joint-winning entry. Continue reading
At SEVHAGE we commemorate three big events on March 21st: World Poetry Day; the day Chinua Achebe became an ancestor and of course, from now and moving on, the birth of our star poet, DAMORE ALLI! The ‘Short Black Girl’, as she is known to many, is an extraordinary individual who I have had the … Continue reading
We are excited to announce Azizah Bello as the winner of the inaugural Vivian Ihaza [SEVHAGE] Teen Poetry Prize 2024, with her poem, ‘Ode to Innocence’, earning her the grand prize of N220,000 and a digital certificate. Following closely are Alaga Unwomanumu with the poem, ‘First Confession; A Burning Haibun’ and Grace Orobosa with ‘Clad … Continue reading
Join us for a conversation with our author, Sandra Hitarh, poet and officer, author of Voice of Your Village, with SEVHAGE lead, S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema. Graphics courtesy of Stephen Adakole. What’s your writing history? When did you start writing, what were your influences and what’s your earliest memory of your writing?Like a typical artist, … Continue reading
![Paper Anniversary [A Poem] by MaryAnn Ifeanacho](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sevhage-poems-1.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Paper Anniversary [A Poem] by MaryAnn Ifeanacho")
After my first year of marriage,I learned to open the gift of my body in darkness To open the gift of my body in darknessBecause my beloved said it wore the sins of my youth The sins of my youth,The stretch marks, thunderbolts of love from my beautiful son Stretch marks, love, and a beautiful … Continue reading
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