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3 African Authors Shortlisted for the 2025 British Book Awards

The 2025 British Book Awards Book of the Year shortlists have been announced and feature three African authors! The British Book Awards–also called “the Nibbies”–are literary awards for the best UK...

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Nigerian Writers Jane Kalu and Chika Unigwe are Among the Winners of the 2025...

Nigerian authors Jane Kalu and Chika Unigwe are among the 20 winners of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for short fiction! Jane Kalu’s short story “Sickled” was published in American Short Fiction and Chika...

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Chigozie Obioma Named Inaugural Fiction Editor at Nigerian Magazine The...

Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma has been appointed the inaugural fiction editor at The Republic. Known for its in-depth essays, criticism, and reportage, The Republic is now opening its...

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Ugandan Playwright Jedidiah Mugarura to Premiere New Play in New York City

Ugandan poet and playwright Jedidiah Mugarura is set to premiere their latest play, Tomorrow Never Came, in New York City in June 2025. The production will be staged at the HERE Arts Center as part of...

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Encounters with a Quiet Philosopher: Remembering V. Y. Mudimbe

(V. Y. Mudimbe passed away on April 22, 2025.) I took a course with V. Y. Mudimbe while I was a doctoral student at Duke University sometime in the early 2010s. It was a course on Existentialism. We...

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African Poetry Book Fund Announces 2025 Evaristo Prize Shortlist

The African Poetry Book Fund has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, celebrating ten exceptional poems by African poets. Formerly known as the Brunel International...

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Talabi, Okorafor, Samatar, Ifueko, Tsamaase, Naji, and Bacon Shortlisted for...

The Locus Awards has revealed its top ten finalists in each category for 2025, celebrating outstanding achievements in science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature. Voted on by readers of Locus...

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Aké Festival Announces 2025 Theme: “Reclaiming Truth”

The Aké Arts & Book Festival returns to Lagos from November 20–22, 2025, with the theme Reclaiming Truth! Now in its thirteenth year, Aké Festival continues to celebrate African creativity and...

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Submit to Brittle Paper’s Children’s Anthology | Deadline: 9 June 2025

  Dear Brittle Paperians, we are making a children’s anthology! In 2021, we published a list of wonderful African literary reads for children, and since then, the genre has continued to flourish. This...

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Mozambican Writer Mia Couto Honored with PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in...

Mozambican writer Mia Couto has been named the 2025 recipient of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, an honor recognizing a living author whose body of work represents...

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Excavation Confirms Griot Stories of Historic West African Kingdom

Griots are oral historians who transmit history and ideas through stories, poetry, and music. For centuries they have passed on stories of Kaabu, an influential precolonial kingdom in West Africa. The...

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Chicago Rapper Noname Brings Her Radical Book Club to Africa

Fatimah Nyeema Warner, better known as Noname, is a Chicago rapper and activist committed to radical political education rooted in community. Now, her Noname Book Club—a reading collective focused on...

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Catalyst Press and Modjaji Books Announce Global Publishing Partnership

Catalyst Press and Modjaji Books have announced a new international publishing partnership set to begin in May 2025. The collaboration marks a significant step in expanding the global reach of southern...

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University of Georgia Press Launches Series on African Language Literatures...

The University of Georgia Press has announced African Language Literatures in Translation (ALLT), a series dedicated to bringing African literary works–both classic and contemporary–written in...

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives Returns to the Arcola Theatre,...

Back by popular demand, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives returns to Arcola Theatre in East London for a limited run from 26 April to 31 May 2025. Directed by Femi Elufowoju jr OBE and adapted by...

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Tolu Okogwu Reflects on the Onyeka Netflix Adaptation and Making Black Art in...

In a recent Substack post “Longevity, Fragility, and Writing Anyway,” award-winning children’s author Tọlá Okogwu takes a critical look at the state of the creative industries, warning of what she...

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Ugandan Author Joshua Lubwama Wins 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize:...

The Commonwealth Foundation has announced five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Ugandan author Joshua Lubwama’s story “Mothers Not Appearing in Search” is the regional winner for...

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Headline Things Fall Apart Festival | June 29 to...

Nigerian novelist and public intellectual Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is set to headline the inaugural edition of the Things Fall Apart Festival, a week-long celebration honoring the enduring legacy of...

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Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata Warrior Spotted in Netflix’s Teen Drama Forever

In a delightful crossover between literature and television, Nnedi Okorafor’s acclaimed novel Akata Warrior makes a cameo in Netflix’s new teen drama Forever. In Episode 5, titled “Welcome to the...

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Uganda’s Zabu Wamara and South Africa’s Kristien Potgieter Win 2025 Island...

In a remarkable conclusion to its fourth year, the Island Prize, administered by Holland House Books, has announced not one, but two winners for 2025, reflecting the extraordinary talent showcased in...

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