Tobi Amusan wins in Brescia before the Diamond League Final

The 2026 Nommo Awards shortlist puts African speculative fiction in focus

This is recognition for writers building futures, myths and worlds from African perspectives — exactly the kind of cultural work Twale should help more people notice.

Masobe Books acquires Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim’s debut novel

A Nigerian writer getting a major homegrown publishing deal is worth tracking early — not only when the book becomes famous later.

Mary Ipeh Osise wins Brittle Paper’s flash-fiction competition

Small literary wins matter. They create a visible ladder for emerging African writers and give excellent short-form work a wider audience.

250 tractor drivers and mechanics complete national mechanisation training

Agricultural machines only create value when skilled people can operate and maintain them. This puts the workers behind mechanisation — drivers, mechanics and service providers — where they belong: in the story.

At Berger lay-by, Lagos commerce follows the commuter

This is Twale Street: ordinary commerce adapting to where people actually move, told without pretending the safety and congestion trade-offs do not exist.