Ainehi Edoro’s Insightful Essay on Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Wife and Abuse...
Recently, Brittle Paper‘s founder and editor-in-chief Ainehi Edoro penned an insightful essay about Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s allegations of physical abuse against his father Ngugi Wa Thiongo concerning his...
View ArticleSubmit to Open Arts’ Manuscript Publishing Call | Deadline: May 31
Open Arts invites women writers from Northern Nigeria to submit their fiction or nonfiction manuscripts in English or Hausa for a publishing deal. If you are interested and eligible, submit your...
View ArticleThe Caine Prize for African Writing Announces 2024 Judges Chaired by Chika...
The Caine Prize for African Writing just announced its panel of judges for 2024. Chaired by Chika Unigwe, the panel also includes Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Julianknxx, Tumi Molekane aka Stogie T, and...
View ArticleMichigan Quarterly Review’s African Writing Issue Features a Star-Studded Cast!
Michigan Quarterly Review‘s latest issue is the African Writing Issue and it features a star-studded cast of writers from all over Africa including Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Togo,...
View ArticleEthiopia Unbound, First English Novel by African Writer, Gets a Reboot 110...
The 1911 novel Ethiopia Unbound by Ghanaian writer J. E. Casely Hayford is widely considered the first English-language novel published by an African writer. 110 years later, the novel is getting a...
View ArticleGhanaian Author Kwame Dawes Honored as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica
Ghanaian author Kwame Dawes was announced as the new Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2024-2027. Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia “Babsy” Grange, bestowed the honor...
View Article5 African Writers Shortlisted for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Five African writers have made it to the shortlist for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, including writers from Mauritius and Rwanda for the first time in history. The Commonwealth Short Story...
View Article2024 African Book Festival in Berlin Will Celebrate Queer Edition | Get Tickets
The African Book Festival in Berlin will feature a queer edition in 2024, running from June 28-30. Get tickets for this amazing celebration of queerness in African literature. Hosted in Berlin since...
View ArticleWillow Smith’s Debut Novel Combines African and Viking Folklore | But Is It...
Willow Smith’s debut novel Black Shield Maiden is set to publish this May with Del Rey Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Co-written by Jess Hendel, the book is a powerful historical saga about...
View ArticleNigerian Academic Olutayo Adesina Awarded Global Professorship Worth $1...
Nigerian academic Olutayo Adesina has been awarded one of eight Global Professorships, worth over $1 million USD by the British Academy, The British Academy’s Global Professorships are large...
View ArticleSubmit to the 2025 Cave Canem Prize | Deadline: May 13
Submissions are now open to the 2025 Cave Canem Prize. if you have a debut manuscript of poems, we highly recommend you apply by the deadline of May 13. Cave Canem was founded by Toi Derricotte and...
View ArticleThe Shortlist for the 2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is Out
The shortlist for the 2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is out, and it demonstrates high writerly representation from Nigeria and South Africa. The selected writers include Derek Ehiorobo, Kyle...
View ArticleLeading African Cinema Scholar Kenneth Harrow Passes On, Aged 80
African cinema scholar Professor Kenneth Harrow has passed on at the age of 80. He died on April 14, 2024 in the company of his dear wife Elizabeth Harrow. Harrow’s passing is a great loss to the...
View ArticleListen to Podcast About African Sci-Fi and Future Climates | Ft. Wole Talabi
If you are interested in African science fiction and climate futures, we have the perfect podcast for you. Leading sci-fi podcast Imaginary Worlds teamed up with Nigerian speculative fiction author...
View ArticleSubmit to Africa Migration Report: An Anthology of Poems | Deadline: May 25
Submissions are now open to the poetry anthology Africa Migration Report: an Anthology of Poems, organized by Forced Migration and The Arts in collaboration with indie publisher CivicLeicester and...
View Article50 Years On, Lusophone African Writers Contemplate Portugal’s Carnation...
On the morning of the 25th April 1974 in Lisbon, a military coup overthrew the regime that had ruled Portugal since 1926. The coup was led by young army officers and their motivations were multiple,...
View ArticleSubmit to the 2024 Quramo Writers’ Prize Worth 1 Million Naira | Deadline:...
Submissions are now open for the 8th edition of the annual Quramo Writers’ Prize (QWP). Unpublished Nigerian and African writers are eligible to submit a fiction prose manuscript by the deadline of May...
View ArticleUzodinma Iweala Steps Down From His Role as CEO of The Africa Center
Uzodinma Iweala will step down from his role as CEO of the Africa Center after a 7-year tenure. Founded in 1984, The Africa Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, multidisciplinary institution based in...
View ArticleAni Kayode Somtochukwu Wins the 2024 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
Nigerian writer Ani Kayode Somtochukwu has won the 2024 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction for his 2023 novel And Then He Sang a Lullaby. Inaugurated in May 2006, this award recognizes outstanding...
View ArticleBernardine Evaristo Presenting Lecture on Stories We Make Up and That Make Us...
Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo has a lecture coming up titled “The Stories We Make Up and The Stories That Make Us”. Organized by Gresham College for their Annual Lecture Series, the talk will...
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