The Writer's Sauce

In the season finale, Ufuoma and Faith look back at the exciting episodes so far and speak about the future and possibilities in a returning season. They share their best moments and lessons from the season so far and share words of advice with writers and the listening audience. Until next time, it is goodbye for now and thank you for an amazing 13 episodes of TWS.

On this penultimate episode, Ufuoma and Faith sit with content creator and copywriter, Solomon Nzere who shares his journey to copywriting, digital marketing and content creation.  Solomon is on Twitter as @paidnoisemaker and Instagram as @solomonnzere

In this episode, Jewel Owolana of the Fit & Proper Podcast joins Ufuoma Bakporhe of the The Writer's Sauce as they speak with Olaoluwa Oni, lawyer and writer, about her book, 'The yNBA' , her new podcast and her life across law and literature. The yNBA mirrors the life of the average Nigerian lawyer and the struggle between the old and the new. 

In this episode, we sit with Achalugo and talk about playwriting, stage, photography, acting, producing, and visual storytelling. She speaks about her journey from working in a law firm to going into full entrepreneurship and working in the film and entertainment industry.  Achalugo shares advice to young writers and intending actors on how to keep going and to trust the process of the art. S...

In this episode, we sit with poet, Tayo Akinbola and talk about Nigeria on its independence and how it serves its citizens and creatives, especially writers. We also discuss one of the latest editions of the Scratch Poetry Magazine which is themed, 'Voice of An Age' and how it focused on telling the story of EndSARS 2020, the Lekki Tollgate shootings and generally how poetry lends a voice to peopl...

In this episode, we talk about:  how Chinaza cuts her time across medicine and writing, which she chooses to do currently,  her plans to focus on psychiatry in the future being a scriptwriter and a scholar at the Ebonylife Academy her experience on the Arts in Medicine Fellowship her general experience as a writer in the Nigerian film industry how Robert Greene's 'Mastery' influenced her decision...

In this episode, we talk with Joshua Chizoma about winning the Awele Creative Trust award in 2020 and he shares with us his experience as a young writer, what winning feels like to him, how he deals with his rejection, managing his time between and writing and what he thinks we can do to make the Nigerian writing community better for young writers.

In this episode, Ufuoma and Faith share their individual journey, experiences, and thoughts on and about writing. The discussion covers things like the influence of Ufuoma's father on her writing (Ufuoma published her first book at age 17, now she's 24), and the influence of the Creative Writer's Niche on Faith's writing; how they deal with rejections and keeping writing interesting. To learn more...

In this episode, Ufuoma Bakporhe has a chat with YouTuber Voke Etefe. Their conversation covers the following: inspiration for Voke's love for books and her decision to make something out of it state of reading culture in Nigeria her experience with reviewing books how her reading habit has impacted her writing skills how writers and authors react to criticism her thoughts on book to film adaptati...

This episode features Karimot Odebode, poet, youth and gender rights advocate, and feminist. In the discussion, she tells Ufuoma  and Faith what poetry means to her, her belief in art as a form of activism, whether every poet can make a good spoken word artist, and how art helped her become who she is today. She also closes the episode with a poetry rendition titled, 'Like a Flower'. You can find...

In this episode, Ufuoma and Faith talk to Oluwaferanmi Ogundare, a successful freelance writer, developer, crypto investor, and founder of Caesar, a story sharing platform that connects readers and writers. He tells us about he got involved freelancing, the struggles with freelancing in Nigeria, dealing with trust issues, the -profitability of freelancing, how to break into the space and dealing w...

In this episode, Ufuoma and Faith talk to the Emmanuel Brothers: Michael Emmanuel and Emmanuel Faith. They are both prolific writers in their own right. Emmanuel Faith is an HR practitioner with a fast-growing fintech company, an author and poet. Michael Emmanuel works with several literary magazines and also published. The discussion covers their writing process, how they got into writing, their...

Welcome to The Writer's Sauce Podcast, hosted by Ufuoma Bakporhe and Faith Nwani. In this episode, our hosts give a preview of what's to come. To sign up for the newsletter and get notifications as we release new episodes, follow the link at bit.ly/TWSPOD You can follow the podcast online on Instagram via @thewritersaucepodcast. On Twitter, we are @thewritersauce