In The Guardian (Nigeria) Omiko Awa reports that Nigerian authors make bold statements at the Olympics -- and what I found particularly interesting was:
Taking a general view of the country's literary scene, Azuonye said, "we don't have a healthy book review tradition in Nigeria, most book reviewers in the country do not reveal anything wrong in a book, they conceal them and make you believe all about a book is positive. They do this so that they don't become a target, especially when the book in question concerns a celebrity." He stated that such attitudes are not healthy to the book industry, as reviewers are expected to tell what are bad in a book, so that, authors can learn from them and improve on their works.Obviously not the only local issue, but good to see it getting some attention.