Congolese Author Fiston Mwanza Mujila Wins the 2024 Literaturpreis der...
Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila has been awarded with the 2024 Literaturpreis der Literaturhäuser 2024. Translated to “Prize of the Literature Houses”, this award is worth EUR 20,000 and...
View ArticleThe Covers for Pemi Aguda’s Ghostroots are Riveting!
Nigerian author Pemi Aguda’s debut short story collection Ghostroots now has three covers and they are quite riveting! Set to release in May, the book will be published by Masobe Books in Nigeria and...
View ArticleHelen Oyeyemi on Prague and Place Writing
Nigerian-British author Helen Oyeyemi’s latest New Yorker Magazine interview reveals her perspectives on the city of Prague and place writing. She bases these observations on her recent novel Parasol...
View ArticleAfrican Writers Trust Launches Online Bookshop Tubaze | Now Live
African Writers Trust has just launched their very own online bookshop. Named Tubaze African Books, the bookstore is now live! Established in 2009, the African Writers Trust is a body that aims to...
View ArticleEloghosa Osunde Launches Merch for Vagabonds’ 2-Year Anniversary
Nigerian author Eloghosa Osunde has decided to launch personalized merch for the two-year anniversary of their debut novel Vagabonds!. Vagabonds!, published in 2022, is set in Lagos and tells the story...
View Article“The Blessings of Queer Lives”: In Conversation with Chukwuebuka Ibeh |...
Chukwuebuka Ibeh, whose debut novel Blessings, was recently published by Vikings, was barely 14 when the antigay law was enacted in Nigeria in 2014. That Act is cruel justification of the dehumanizing...
View ArticleListen to Akwaeke Emezi’s Stunning Debut EP Now!
Nigerian-Tamil author Akwaeke Emezi’s debut EP titled Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive is now out and it is absolutely stunning! The EP was released on March 8 and includes seven amazing tracks....
View ArticleListen to The New African Diasporas Podcast | Ft. Taiye Selasi, Tope Folarin,...
A new African podcast titled The New African Diasporas just launched and it looks incredible! It is hosted by Nigerian academic Sakiru Adebayo. Launched in January 2024, the podcast is a way of...
View ArticleNigerian Poet Titilope Sonuga Releases Tender New Single Sanctuary
Nigerian poet Titilope Sonuga has just released a new single titled Sanctuary that celebrates the sisters and friends that have been part of her life. This tender song came out on March 8 and is...
View Article5 African Authors Make it to the 2024 Jhalak Prize Longlist
Five African authors have made it to the 2024 Jhalak Prize longlist. They are Sudanese author Leila Aboulela, British-Ghanaian authors Caleb Azumah Nelson, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, and Yepoka Yeebo, and...
View ArticleSubmit Essays and Creative Nonfiction on the EndSARS Protest | Deadline: June 30
The editor Chibueze Darlington Anuonye—in collaboration with Brittle Paper—calls for submissions of essays and creative nonfiction pieces that speak to and about the EndSARS protest, which took place...
View ArticleThe Covers for Jordan Ifueko’s The Maid and the Crocodile are Gorgeous!
Nigerian-American writer Jordan Ifueko is publishing her YA romantic fantasy The Maid and the Crocodile this August. Set to publish through Hot Key Books in the UK and Amulet Books in the US, the books...
View ArticleThe Story of a Novelist’s Wife: The Mukoma, Ngugi, Nyambura Controversy and...
On March 12, Kenyan author Mukoma wa Ngugi announced on X (formerly Twitter) and on Facebook that his father, the renowned Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, had “physically abused” his late mother,...
View ArticleThe Shortlist for the 2023 Awele Creative Trust Award is Out!
The shortlist for the 2023 Awele Creative Trust Award is out. The 10th anniversary of this award reveals a list of five spectacular Nigerian stories with their own unique perspectives. Awele Creative...
View ArticleAyobami Adebayo and Caleb Azumah Nelson Shortlisted for the 2024 Dylan Thomas...
Nigerian writer Ayòbámi Adébáyò and British-Ghanaian writer Caleb Azumah Nelson have been shortlisted for the 2024 Dylan Thomas Prize. Congratulations to the well-deserving duo! Launched in 2006, the...
View ArticleSubmit Nominations for the 2024 Nommo Awards | Deadline: April 30
It is time to submit nominations for the 2024 Nommo Awards, celebrating speculative fiction and fantasy works published by African writers in 2022-2023. To nominate your favorite writers, you need to...
View ArticleApply to the 2024 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship...
Applications are now open to the 2024 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship, organized by The Africa Institute as part of its African Languages and Translation Program. The...
View ArticleNigerian Translator Maazi Ogbonnaya Okoro Publishes the First Igbo Physics...
Nigerian translator Maazi Ogbonnaya Okoro just became the first person to write and publish a Physics textbook in the Igbo language. Titled Fiziksi and released on March 13, the book is an incredible...
View ArticleThe New Issue of Maroko Magazine Features the Here and Now Anthology by...
The second edition of Nigerian literary magazine Márọkọ́ is up and titled Here and Now after the anthology by LIPFest writers within. Featuring a range of poetry, essays, and photography, the new issue...
View ArticleApply to Voodoonauts 2024 Black Speculative Summer Fellowship | Deadline: May 1
Submissions are now open to Voodoonauts 2024 Black Speculative Summer Fellowship. After a one year hiatus, Voodoonauts is hosting a free online week-long writing fellowship in August themed on...
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