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SEPTEMBER 30, 2026
Welcome to MIDWEEK PAGES, our newsletter on reviews, publishing and the social environment of the book trade
The Feature:
- Ifowodo, Eze, Oburumu: Creative visions collide on national, historical memory By Opeyemi Adesokan
- Violence, trauma and memory in Jeff Iwu’s ‘Cold Things’ By Deborah Chinonyerem Uzoma
- Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose: A Review of Stefan Dercon’s ‘Gambling on Development’ By Opeyemi Adesokan
- AFRILITION: 21ST CENTURY AFRICAN MANIFESTO-ONLINE PRESS LAUNCH of a new book By Adéwálé Àjàdí
- An Open Letter to a DISTRESSED PRIEST By Wole Soyinka
- ASAA opens nominations for Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award 2027
- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Stories They Forgot to Tell: An Anthology of Nigerian Short Stories, By Nduka Otiono & Funmi Gaji
- Bookstores, Libraries & Reading Rooms in Lagos, By Opeyemi Adesokan
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