The Optimist’s Incomplete by SEVHAGE, an interactive and multimedia exhibition curated by award-winning writer, editor and cultural producer Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema, will form part of the D. H. Lawrence Festival 2026 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Presented as part of the festival programme coordinated by Broxtowe Borough Council, the exhibition will run from July … Continue reading
SEVHAGE, in partnership with Konya Shamsrumi, Arewa Poetry Review, African & Black Creatives for Development (ABC4DE) are proud to announce A Fire Kept Quiet, a landmark anthology from the Arewa Poetry Review that mostly gathers a rising generation of poets in Northern Nigeria whose works speak with courage, tenderness and craft. The collection, edited by … Continue reading
In partnership with Her Hope Initiative and The Drill, and hosted exclusively on the ABC4DE (African and Black Creatives for Development) platform, SEVHAGE announces the ‘Her Story’ Art & Story Challenge as part of the SEVHAGE Prizes 2025. Who can enter Young storytellers aged 10–21 (anywhere in Nigeria or the diaspora). Theme Create an original … Continue reading
SEVHAGE Publishers is pleased to announce the release of How It Will Be Told, a deeply reflective and soulfully written poetry collection by debut poet and photographer, Sulaimon Sabitu. This evocative body of work is the latest in their collaborative ABC4DE Series (No. 11). How It Will Be Told is a meditation on memory, identity, … Continue reading
In 2021, I made a tweet asking for someone to put together funding for a festival in Kano and promised that I would happily support the curation of such a dream. Like many diviners and wise people say (and here I paraphrase), the future is for those who dream it. Reader, I dreamt it. It … Continue reading
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
Dinner was served just as twilight descended on the sunny Accra skyline. We were sitting outside a restaurant somewhere in the Labone area of Accra, Ghana with its beautiful ambience next to the DJ who pelted out loud melodic African music from a loudspeaker. As we enjoyed the fresh Jasmine-scented evening breeze, our host, Professor … 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
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