2 DAYS TO GO! Have you sent in your story sample for Chimamanda’s creative writing workshop? Applications for The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop ends on Monday, October 15th. Interested persons are expected to send a prose fiction or creative non-fiction writing sample of 200 – 1000 words and as easy as this may seem (especially due to […]
Chimamanda’s Workshop: See the Stories that Were Accepted in the Past
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Wrapping Up September Like Shawarma
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Happy new month! September has come and gone, and we are excited about the remaining months of 2018. Since you are family, we are letting you in on our monthly activities. What Happened at OkadaBooks in September Supporting Children Across Nigeria We began a campaign to provide textbooks for over 10,000 primary school pupils in […]
Join the OkadaBooks Drive to Provide Books For 10,000 Pupils
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In its drive to improve literacy across the country, OkadaBooks, Africa’s leading e-reading platform, is partnering with Teach For Nigeria, an organization that trains and sends teachers across Nigeria, to educate children in low-income communities. Why It Matters Reading is the most fundamental element for a successful early education. Sadly, very few children in Nigeria […]
Books From The African Writers Series Are Now Available On Okadabooks!
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Almost every Nigerian child grew up reading books from the African Writers Series which include books of legendary writers like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Buchi Emecheta, Cyprian Ekwensi, Christopher Okigbo and Elechi Amadi. Thanks to OkadaBooks, these old and priceless literary masterpieces have been brought back in style and made available digitally. Most people were brought […]
7 Insanely Good Reasons Why You Should Publish On OkadaBooks
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OkadaBooks is much more than an ebook publishing house. For long, the occupation of writing has been looked down on as child’s play and an ordinary hobby. OkadaBooks is that voice that has emerged to change people’s notion that a career cannot be made out of writing. We say “In your face!” to those nay-sayers […]
This Author Chose OkadaBooks Over Amazon
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Ejiro Emenike, an author on OkadaBooks, has shared how she was able to convince a reader of hers (who isn’t in the country) to download her books via the platform. The reader was reluctant, probably because he had never heard of the brand, so he suggested Amazon to the author but she insisted and told […]
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