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EVENT: Ngugi wa Thiong’o Headlining Royal African Society’s Africa Writes
In anticipation of Kenya’s 50th anniversary of independence, the Royal African Society and the British Library are teeming up to host an East Africa flavored Africa Writes. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is...
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Contempo African Writing? There’s An App For That
If Africans receive and consume media through the Internet using cell-phones, why bother about getting your writing to African readers through print format? Why go through the ordeal of printing books...
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VIDEO | Chimamanda Chats With Granta Editor Ellah Allfrey
Chimamanda Adichie chats with Ellah Allfrey, the deputy editor of Granta Magazine. She speaks about where the power of fiction lies, why love stories matter, and how in writing Americanah she...
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RIP Achebe! View Photos from Achebe’s Funeral
Chinua Achebe was buried yesterday at his hometown in Ogidi, Anambra state. Thousands of well-wishers came out to pay their last respects to a man who gave Africa so much. President Goodluck Jonathan...
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PHOTOS: Caine Prize Shortlistee Chinelo Okparanta Visits Uzbekistan
Chinelo Okparanta, Nigerian Caine Prize shortlistee, just returned from her visit to Uzbekistan. The visit was sponsored by the U.S. State Department Writer Envoy Program and the International Writing...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Acquires Beukes’ Shining Girls for TV
Congratulations to Africa’s Sci-fi queen Lauren Beukes. Rights for Shinning Girls have been acquired by Media Rights Capital and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions. Hollywood Reporter...
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Teju Cole Wins Germany’s International Literary Prize
Congrats to Teju Cole! The German translation of his critically-acclaimed novel Open City won the 2013 International Literary Prize, a German award given to the best german translation of an...
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PODCAST: Taiye Selasi at The 2013 Hay Festival
Taiye Selasi alongside Kevin Maher, Gavin Extence, and Waterstone’s Chris White at a Hay Festival event. Taiye Selasi was among the all-female crew of African novelists on the bill of the recently...
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Film Adaptation of Soyinka’s Memoir Set For Release Next Year
Soyinka’s 1989 memoir, Ake: The Years of Childhood, is being adapted for film. Release date is July 13, 2014. Check out soyinkasakefilm.com to learn more about the project. The film adaptation will be...
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Writer on Writer: Habila Criticizes Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
If I had to imagine the writing process of many African writers, it would look like this: they draw up a list of hot-button issues on Africa: failing economes, brain drain, ailing health care, corrupt...
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From London With Love! Photos From the 2013 Africa Writes Book Festival
African writers and industry heavy weights gathered at the British Library, 96 Euston Road, from July 5 to 7 to celebrate and think about African writing and publishing. The occasion was the 2013...
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If You Write Crime Fiction, Check Out The Daily Telegraph Writing Contest
I hope African crime fiction writers take this wonderful opportunity. The Competition The new Telegraph Harvill Secker crime writing competition offers aspiring writers an unprecedented opportunity...
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Ibrahim’s Lovely Message To Fellow Caine Prize Shortlistees
The Caine Prize Five Dear friends, old and new, Dear fellow travelers on this gilded path. The last few weeks have been amazing and the warm cascades of support and goodwill have astounded me. And on...
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Teju Cole Reflects On An Encounter With An Armed Robber In Lagos
A long while back, Teju Cole tweeted, while he was in Lagos, that he had being robbed. Granta has just published his account of the experience. You can find it in the recently issued Granta 124:...
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All Fiction Aside…Stop The Nigerian Senate From Making Under-Age Marriage The...
As strange as this sounds, it’s not fiction. The Nigerian Senate just approved language that would remove the protection for young women and girls from repeatedly being rape in the guise of early...
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Iconic San Francisco Publishing House Re-issues Forest Of A Thousand Daemons
A new edition of Forest of a Thousand Daemons is set for release on the 3rd of September. It’s truly a big deal that the work is being republished by City Lights Books, an iconic San Francisco...
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After 8 Million Dollars, The Trailer For Half Of A Yellow Sun Is Out
Gasps of delight as I watched the trailer for the film adaptation of Half of A Yellow Sun. The movie is the artistic vision of novelist turned director, Biyi Bandele. Chiwetel Ejiofor looks divine as...
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Video |“Adichie’s Metaphysical Empire”? Ngugi Interviewed on BBC’s Hardtalk
To write or not to in an African language. 40 years later, that is the question still bugging Ngugi wa Thiongo. In this video, he speaks on the place of language and translation in contemporary...
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3 Days of Achebe! Mail&Guardian Sponsors Achebe-Inspired Literary Event in...
From August 30 to September 1, enthusiasts of African literature and politics will gather at the historic Market Theatre in Johannesburg and listen to sessions on politics, literature, and art...
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Brittle Paper is 3 Years Old Today!
Let me stammer my life Down your endless lane. — Wole Soyinka, “Song: Deserted Markets,” Idanre and Other Poems Image via
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