Eleven poetry collections made it to the longlist of the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature.
Nigeria LNG Limited announced the shortlist on Friday.
They will compete for the $100, 000 prize money for the biggest prize in African literature. The science prize also offers $100, 000.
The announcement, by the chairman of the Advisory Board for the Prize, Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, marks a significant milestone in this year’s competition and reflects the exceptional quality, creativity and diversity of contemporary poetry, according to Dr Sophia Horsfall, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations & Sustainable Development.
The longlisted titles, arranged alphabetically, are:
1. Adult Love by Tanure Ojaide
2. Bakandimiya by Saddiq Dzukogi
3. Black Passport by Paul Akpomuje
4. 2000 Blacks by Ajibola Tolase
5. Ceremony of The Nameless by Theresa Lola
6. Corpus: Animistic Verses by Ayo Oyeku
7. Flora’s Love Colony by Tares Oburumu
8. The Origin of Wounds by Malik Gbolahan
9. The Years of Blood by
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