NLNG announces longlist for 2018 Nigeria Prize for Literature
NLNG Limited, sponsor of Africa’s most prestigious literary prize, the Nigeria Prize for Literature, has released the longlist for the 2018 NLNG Prize. This year, the $100,000 prize would go to a playwright. On the longlist is the Denja Abdullahi, the National president of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), for his play, Death and The King’s Grey Hair . A statement by Andy Odeh, Manager, Corporate Communication and Public Affairs of NLNG, shows that the 2018 longlist of 11 plays, chosen from 89 entries, was selected by a panel of three judges led by Matthew Umukoro, professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Other members of the panel include Mohammed Inuwa Umar - Buratai, professor of Theatre and Performing Arts and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria; and Ngozi Udengwu, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The 2018 Prize jury was appo