Hello, WAW fam. This is our first meet this year, so Happy New Year? Just want to quickly let you guys know what to look forward to from us between this month and March of this year. 1. BLOG SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! We’re now open to submissions! We’ll publish one fiction and one nonfiction/poetry piece per month. […]
Dearest WAW fam, Below is a message from another of our partners, the Alphas Football Club. Nicknamed ‘The Wolves’, they are a team driven by passion and love for the game. They are young talented Nigerians whose vision is to be actively involved in developing grass root football, and use their experience as professionals to support […]
The WAW Story The July 23, 2014 edition of Time Magazine features writers on the list of Ten Most Unappreciated Professions. Chisom and I didn’t get to read this piece until early 2015, while on a lunch break at the office. When we did, however, we felt something move in our chests. Not just because […]
By Oyindamola Williams The first thing I saw was the sign printed in bold fonts on the door – I chuckled and wondered fleetingly if I should take their warning seriously. I pushed the door open tentatively and that was when I saw it. White. She was smiling so much that I immediately […]
Alara is a contemporary design store, dedicated to the fusion of African and international fashion, art, design, cuisine and culture. The flagship Alara store is located in Victoria Island, the commercial and lifestyle hub of the city of Lagos, in Nigeria. Alara was created to connect African consumers to world-class luxury lifestyle experiences … and […]
We promised greater things … The WAW Fiction Masterclasses are one-day fiction intensives rolled out by WAW Project Series. They are chapters of fiction classes making up a syllabus that is taught over a period, each chapter rolled out as a separate Masterclass event. This allows experienced writers to select areas of weakness to focus […]
Igodo Umuavulu – Issue #5 is a magazine publication compiled, edited, published and curated by WAW Project Series. The theme of this issue is ‘A Budding Heritage’ and it revolves around the culture of the Umuavulu Abor people in Udi LGA, Enugu state of South-eastern Nigeria. See an excerpt of the Editorial note below: “The […]
You are invited to the September meeting of Medina Book Club, Lagos. This month’s meet is a double-deluxe: The book to be discussed is On the Bank of the River by Ifeoluwapo Adeniyi. The author will be present at the meeting to read from her book, autograph copies of her books for ardent fans, and […]
WAW Project Series, a project vehicle of Words Are Work and Accelo Creative hereby calls for submissions to an Igbo traditional online and print publication titled ‘Igodo Umuavulu 2016’. Igodo Umuavulu is essentially the cultural scroll of Umuavulu Ujaligwa–a gifted and versatile people of Udi L.G.A. in Enugu state–and it is curated by WAW Project […]
The Youth The Future (TYTF) is a music, art, poetry, dance, drama and comedy festival looking to entertain and educate. It collaborates with the student governments of Nigerian universities to educate and impact positively on students and non-students alike in the university environment. TYTF is a program designed for the youth to showcase their talents, […]
