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Lagos-based lawyer and writer Ooreoluwa O. Agbede won the 2026 Quramo Writers’ Prize for his unpublished manuscript Four Months.
WHY TWALE: A Nigerian unpublished manuscript turning into a major literary win is exactly the kind of progress Twale should make easier to notice.
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respectTwo African poets, 356 submissions and 21 countries: a small but meaningful piece of cultural infrastructure giving Black lyricism more room to be seen.
respectTransport workers are often treated as background infrastructure. This is a useful look at the financing systems being built around the people who actually move cities.
respectThis is the kind of Nigerian technical journey worth making visible: curiosity, field work and accumulated competence turning into world-class engineering responsibility.
respectTwale for the practical layer: people leaving with usable tools and trade skills that can become income, not just another conference certificate. The Lagos edition distributed power stoves, home solar solutions and support packs alongside technical training.
respectThis is recognition attached to useful engineering: the winning platform focuses on verified job matching and adaptive skills for persons with disabilities, while the other finalists tackled accessible outage alerts and low-connectivity voice tools.
respectThis is recognition for writers building futures, myths and worlds from African perspectives — exactly the kind of cultural work Twale should help more people notice.
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