As a venue, Silverstone may not have the scenic appeal of woodland Spa or parkland Monza, but the former airfield played a uniquely important role in Formula 1 history. Later …
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‘As a film lover, I want more’: the Black female directors taking centre stage
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week I spoke to Rógan Graham, a curator of the British Film Institute’s latest season, Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works …
She’s won multiple awards for her novels, had her Ted talk sampled by Beyoncé, and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2015. Now, Chimamanda Ngozi …
Even Lewis Hamilton’s bitterest critics could not deny his unique importance within Formula 1. Heading into his 19th season with seven world championships and 105 grands prix victories to his …
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The Chimamanda effect: Nigerians’ delight at first novel in a decade from their beloved daughter
When Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asked participants at her annual writers’ workshop in Lagos to introduce themselves, one woman was so excited to be close to her idol that …
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‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene
In a hospital bed fearing his death was imminent, English teacher Othuke Ominiabohs thought ruefully of his four unpublished novels. “My biggest regret was I was going to die, and …
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‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Chukwuebuka Ibeh embarked on his first trip outside his home city of Port Harcourt. He drove more than eight hours north to Lagos for a …
Sheffield is in luck. The Crucible theatre next month offers a rare staging of an extraordinary play: Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka. I saw Rufus Norris’s brilliant …
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‘He knew this was going to be the last story he wrote’: the epic legacy of literary maverick Biyi Bándélé
In early August 2022, Biyi Bándélé had a conversation with his editor, Hannah Chukwu, about the novel he was working on, Yorùbá Boy Running, after which he sent her a …
