THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN WRITING: THERE IS NO MARKET FOR WHAT WE WRITE (A COMMENTARY BY DIKE CHUKWUMERIJE)

If there is only one generously-funded literary prize in a country of 200 million people…it is because – difficulties of the Nigerian operating environment aside – there is no real market for what Nigerian writers are writing.

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