As part of a special conversation held by the Other's Friends team and guest editor Logan February, We present; There is Hope, a podcast conversation between Azeenarh Mohammed, Arit Okpo and Olumide Makanjuola about the present and future of LG

Nnamdi Ehirim: On collaborations, short fiction and dead Japanese authors

Mar 23rd, 2020 14m 49s

Nnamdi Ehirim is a Nigerian writer and essayist, best known for his challenging debut novel 'Prince Of Monkeys', published by Counterpoint Press. A serial collaborator, Mino has worked extensively with literary magazine, Arts and Africa and co-

Ope Adedeji; on publishing, short stories & Jamaica Kincaid

Feb 7th, 2020 11m 46s

Ope Adedeji was recently nominated for the 2020 Ellies for her prize winning story 'After The Birds' published by Mc Sweeneys as a collection of stories from the 2018 Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop, personally selected by Chimamanda

Meet TJ Benson; the writer creating a dystopian Nigeria

Oct 31st, 2019 14m 47s

TJ Benson is a speculative fiction writer living in Abuja. His debut short story collection, 'We Won't Fade Into Darkness' was published by Paressia Books and he is publishing his sophomore novel, the Mad House under Masobe Books. He is a teach

Alithnayn Abdulkareem wants a better world for all of us, starting with women

Oct 31st, 2019 30m 28s

On this episode of the podcast we talk to development specialist and fiction and non-fiction writer Alithnayn Abdulkareem. As a Muslim woman of colour, Alithayn straddles many intersections of race, gender and religion and she explores those in

Meet Toye Sokunbi; Rakish, Writer, Rebel

Oct 28th, 2019 24m 7s

The idea behind the The Other Friends Podcast is pretty straight forward. Casual conversation between friends about the writing life. Our focus is on young writers, still in the process of figuring themselves out and the place they want to occu

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