The Her Story SEVHAGE Art & Story Challenge isn’t over yet! We’ve extended the deadline to give more girls a chance to speak up, draw out, and dream big. If you haven’t submitted your story or artwork — this is your moment. ₦50,000 Grand Prize for Top Entry | Supported by Her Hope Initiative. Top … Continue reading
The judges for the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Literary Prizes 2025 have presented the following shortlists in different categories in no particular order. ANA/KMVL Poetry PrizeStoning the Wind by Gbemisola AdeotiGirls and the Silhouette of Form by Star ZahraJapa: Elegy of Nigerians by Toyin Shittu ANA/King Dakolo Fiction PrizeRiddles in the Shadows by Ebi … Continue reading
We are delighted to announce the publication of My Angel: Divine Help Beside You, a Christian devotional written by Pastor Stephen K. Babarinde, now available from SEVHAGE, and free for download at https://selar.com/5117e30may This timely and insightful work explores the ministry and mystery of angels, grounding its message in Scripture, real-life testimonies, and prophetic insight. From … Continue reading
To me, staging a walkout from the red chamber because the house turned down the motion to immortalize Prof. Humphrey Nwosu wasn’t a smart move. And as I heard a senator stirring the tribal sentiment, I wondered when we would stop playing the victim. To me, immortalizing a man in Nigeria is as good as … Continue reading
(Being a text of the Keynote Address at the Benue Book and Arts Festival (V) held in Makurdi at Empire Suites on 21st February, 2025) Let me begin this keynote address by sharing a quote from my favorite playwright and thinker, Bertolt Brecht, who famously said, “Anyone who wishes to speak the truth must have … Continue reading
Prize: N1,000,000 The Eugenia Abu/SEVHAGE International Prize for Creative Non-Fiction celebrates outstanding creative nonfiction pieces from writers worldwide, highlighting voices that challenge, inspire, and/or provide deep insights into the human experience. The prize is in honour of the distinguished and widely celebrated Nigerian broadcast journalist, writer, and media consultant, Eugenia Abu. The judging process has … Continue reading
![A BROKEN COUNTRY AS PORTRAIT [A Poem] by Olalekan Ayodele](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a-broken-country-as-portrait-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "A BROKEN COUNTRY AS PORTRAIT [A Poem] by Olalekan Ayodele")
A broken country is not a Santorini comfort,Not blessed with the serenity and graceOf beauty and tenderness. A broken countryHolds bullets at the entrance of every roomOf freedom, machetes and fists strategicallyPlaced at the crevices of every place you’d wantTo call home. A broken country has the accentOf a cry, high pitched misery at the … Continue reading
Memory and the Call of Water by SEVHAGE author and CEO, S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema is in the running of the final 3 shortlist for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature, which is considered the most prestigious prize for literature in Africa. The poetry collection interrogates personal and communal experiences in tunes that everyone will … Continue reading
SEVHAGE and Konya SHAMSRUMI, popular poetry promoters in Africa, are proud to publish a brief history of july part II by the poet, Tares Oburumu. The chapbook is a collection of twenty-one poems that are “a personal meditation, an autobiographical exploration of a poet, the circumstances of his birth and his immediate lineage.” Tares Oburumu … Continue reading
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Hello world, I have been absent from here for a bit and my health has been a part of the reasons but there are some conversations that need to keep on being had. So, let’s get to one of them… It is no news that the…
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