Kenyan Bookstore Soma Nami Books Threatened by Malicious Cyber Attack
Nairobi-based bookstore Soma Nami Books has just suffered a targeted cyber attack on their website on Tuesday, March 26. Our thoughts are with the Soma Nami team as they work on recovering from the...
View ArticleAttend the Free Screening of Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire at UW-Madison |...
Disney+’s Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire will be screened for free at the Marquee Cinema, University of Wisconsin-Madison on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. This 10-episode Afrofuturist animation series is a...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Winners of the 2024 Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Awards
The winners of the 2024 Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Awards are out! The award ceremony was held on March 14, and the 21 South African winners were celebrated at the ceremony. The National...
View ArticleBritish-Nigerian Author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé on Jimmy Fallon Book Club’s...
British-Nigerian author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé has made it into Jimmy Fallon Book Club’s list of Elite 8 books. Vote now to ensure that Where Sleeping Girls Lie becomes the Fallon Book Club Spring Read...
View ArticleSouth African Novel The Cry of Winnie Mandela’s Theatrical Adaptation Playing...
South African author Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela has been adapted into a stunning feminist theatrical production. Brough to life by The Market Theatre, the play is currently running in...
View ArticleSubmit Reviews to the Inaugural Afrocritik Prize for Criticism | Deadline:...
Submissions are now open for the 2024 Afrocritik Prize for Criticism worth up to $600 USD. The call asks applicants to review three African books (novel, short story, and poetry collection) to...
View ArticlePrestigious Award for Zanzibari Novel Comes Amidst Mounting Criticism of PEN...
African literature scholar and translator Meg Arenberg has been announced as one of ten awardees of the 2024 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for her translation-in-progress of Zanzibari novelist Ali...
View ArticleBakwa Magazine Launches Woman-Centered Issue Titled Love is a Scream
Cameroon-based literary magazine Bakwa just launched its newest issue on March 28. Titled Love is a Scream, Issue 11 explores stories of and by women and buyers will be able to order it starting May....
View ArticleMalawi Eco-Fiction Anthology Mombera Rising Envisions a Ngoni Future | Free PDF
Malawi digital anthology Mombera Rising just launched on March 8 and it is a free anthology of speculative eco-fiction stories. Written by Malawian writers Ekari Mbvundula Chirombo and Muthi Nhlema,...
View ArticleEthiopian-American Maya Binyam is a 5 Under 35 Honoree in National Book...
Ethiopian-American author Maya Binyam has been selected as the National Book Foundation’s 5 under 35 honorees list for 2024. Congrats to Binyam! The 5 Under 35 honorees list includes a selection of...
View ArticleCynthia Erivo Set to Voice Audiobook for Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Anguish...
British-Nigerian actress Cynthia Erivo is set to voice the audiobook edition of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Anguish and Anarchy, the final book in her Legacy of Orisha trilogy. Set in the land of Orisha...
View ArticleAttend Conversation Between Sudanese Author Reem Gaafar and Brittle Paper’s...
We have a very exciting event coming up that is a must-attend for African literature fans! Brittle Paper founder and Editor-in-Chief Professor Ainehi Edoro will be speaking with Sudanese author Reem...
View ArticleMotswana Poet Tawanda Mulalu Wins the 2023 Luschei Prize for African Poetry
Motswana poet Tawanda Mulalu has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Luschei Prize for African Poetry for his debut poetry collection Please make me pretty, I don’t want to die. The African Poetry...
View ArticleAttend Zeinab Badawi’s Book Discussion of An African History of Africa in...
Sudanese-British writer and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi will be discussing her debut nonfiction book An African History of Africa on May 8 at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill, London. If you are in the...
View ArticlePitch African Literature Translations to Two Lines Press | Deadline: Rolling
Submissions are now open for Two Lines Press’ call for translated African literature. If you are a translator interested in translated an African novel, story collection, or literary non-fiction, pitch...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s Memoir The Man Died Heads to the Big Screen in...
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s memoir The Man Died is heading to the big screen this July. Watch the trailer below! Soyinka’s memoir contains a record of his time in prison during the Nigerian...
View ArticleDon’t Miss Out on This Book Chat Series Ft. 5 Talented Nigerian Authors |...
Book O’Clock is hosting an exciting book chat series to celebrate their fourth anniversary. The series will run online from April 13 to 28, 2024 and includes five up-and-coming Nigerian authors such as...
View ArticleIllustrious French-Guadeloupean Author Maryse Condé Passes On, Aged 90
French-Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé has passed on at the age of 90. She died on April 2, 2024 in the south of France. Condé’s passing is a great loss to the African and Francophone literary...
View ArticleRwandan Anthology Bald Dandelions is a Stunning East Africa Writerly...
A stunning Rwandan anthology of 10 stories is coming out this May with Rwandan publisher Huza Press. Titled Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Clean Off, the anthology is edited by Somali-British...
View ArticleWole Soyinka Stars in Event with South African Creatives William Kentridge...
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka was in conversation with South African artist William Kentridge and musician Neo Muyanga at an exciting event on Saturday, April 4 in Joburg. Having these three...
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