Reading culture and the Nigerian prize for Literature

Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals everywhere in the world share the same feelings and questions. Today is World Poetry Day, it is a day to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, a day to promote reading and writing of poetry, a day to celebrate one of the most treasured forms of linguistic expression and identity.

From Oscar-winning actor Donald Sutherland narrating the new children's book "Rainbows in Windows" that explains the global pandemic, to Dolly Parton reading weekly bedtime stories to give parents a break from home schooling, children's books have become more key than ever in recent months. Comics and cartoons are a powerful way to teach kids about Covid-19 but also help them escape from the real world.

Text books used in Africa often present the continent's history from a colonial point of view. Many Africans say it's time to tell Africa's history from an African perspective.

On Guardian talks, Nkem Okocha, Founder/CEO, Mamamoni shares how she is helping disadvantaged and rural women get access to finance for their business and how to rebuild the economy of Nigeria's most-vulnerable women post-pandemic.

Ryan Reynolds is set to star in and co-writes an original comedy called Upstate.

The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to US poet Louise Glück for her "unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

In many rural areas in Ghana, women are being pushed into tradition gender roles. Abdul Majeed Fatima wants to change that - with music and poetry.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises says it will discontinue six of the late American author's works because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong."

Roshan the camel is on an important mission. His destination is a village where dozens of children, all wearing their Sunday best, await him and his cargo of books.

The Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas has been granted the sum of twenty billion naira as tax waivers.

Nigeria LNG has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPAs) with off-takers for the supply of domestic liquefied natural gas. Tony Attah, the Managing Director of NLNG, announced this during the Nigerian International Petroleum Summit on Tuesday.

Children's books in Hungary would need to be sold in "closed packaging" if they deal with LGBTQ issues, according to a new decree. The order stems from a law that critics say conflates homosexuality and pedophilia.