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NoViolet Bulawayo Says She’s Still Dizzy From The News Of Booker Longlist
“We Need New Names is only my first novel so this is such a huge deal, downright humbling stuff that I wasn’t expecting hence my shock when I first heard – I didn’t even know my book had been entered....
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Stunning Photographs of Chimamanda Adichie’s Visit to Duke University
Chimamanda Adichie and yours truly! Dare Johnson, the photographer, got back to me about three weeks after Adichie’s visit on February 27. This was right around the time of Achebe’s passing. As we set...
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VIDEO—Politics of the Belly vs Poetics of the Belly. Bibi Bakare on Book...
When Bibi Bakare-Yusuf and her husband, Jeremy Weate, set up Cassava Republic, the Nigerian publishing industry was in pretty bad shape. They had little or no financial backing and had to put up with...
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Which Two African Novelists Made The 2013 “Twitterati 100″?
Who do you need to follow on twitter to make sure you have a global handle on world events? Every year, Foreign Policy Magazine publishes a list of 100 people to help you decide. To be on that list is...
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Much Anticipated Lagos Sci-fi Novel By Nnedi Okorafor Set For Release on...
Nnedi Okoroafor. Author of Kabu-Kabu. Nigeria/US On July 2nd, Nnedi Okorafor posted a rather dark message on her blog, Nnedi’s Wahala Zone. She said: In the last three months, I’ve gone through some...
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Commonwealth Book Prize Has Been Scrapped
Barely two years after it replaced the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best Book, the Commonwealth Book Prize, awarded to the best first novel and aimed at recognizing emerging writers, has been...
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NoViolet Bulawayo Speaks on Zimbabwe and Mugabe
If Mugabe once asked to greet the Zimbabwean Big Brother Africa runner up, there’s a chance that he’d want to meet and congratulate Noviolet Bulawayo if her novel wins the prestigious Booker Prize. In...
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Film Adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun is “Epic and Striking,” Says Movie...
Biyi Bandele’s adaptation of Adichie’s award winning novel had its world premier at the Toronto International Film Festival a few days ago. As more and more reviews trickle in, we’ll get a...
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Don’t Miss the Chance to See Half of a Yellow Sun Movie in London—See How To...
Ahead of the TEDxEuston 2013 conference on business, politics and the arts for the African Diaspora that will hold on Dec 7th, we’re excited to inform you that the much-awaited movie adaptation of...
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So Many Ways To Stay Socially-Conscious As an African Writer—The Case of...
Jacki Lang (curator) and Lauren Beukes South African sci-fi writer, Lauren Beukes, shows us that there’s more than one way to stay socially conscious as an African novelist. It’s not always by writing...
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“We Could Account For All Our Authors But Kofi”—Storymoja Festival Speaks on...
We’ve been in mourning these past few days with the loss of renowned Ghanaian poet, Kofi Awoonor. Awoonor was in Nairobi for the Storymoja Hay Festival when he fell victim to terrorist shootings in an...
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Vote for Brittle Paper Writer, Obinna Udenwe, to Win Etisalat Flash Fiction...
Brittle Paper readers have come to love Obinna’s monthly series. We love the drama of his stories but are also drawn to the conspiratorial tone of his writing style and how it makes us feel a sense of...
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What Were Your Favorite African Writers up to in September?
1. Month of Sorrow September left us all sad and bereaved. Kofi Awoonor died in the Nairobi Mall Shooting. Awoonor was in Nairobi for the Storymoja Hay Festival. He popped by the mall to do a bit of...
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Adichie Nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award. Here’s How to Vote for Her.
The winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards is decided by readers like us. No judges or industry heavyweights legislating on who goes home with the prize. Adichie has been nominated to go on to the...
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Ever Thought of Supporting an African Literary Project? The Gambit Project...
Don’t miss this chance to support this amazing literary project. Emmanuel Iduma and Shaun Randol have put together a great collection of new writings from all over Africa. The title of the collection...
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Selasi Says There’s No African Literature in Her Literary Utopia
The author of Ghana Must Go was asked to speak at a literary festival in Berlin. She gave a lecture in which she claimed that as far as categorizing literary forms go, “African literature” was...
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Caine Prizes and Poverty Pornstars — Bulawayo Takes Swipe At Habila
A few days ago, Zimbabwean author, Noviolet Bulawayo, writes on her Facebook wall: Today I woke up to some South African love, and it’s very meaningful to me, for obvious reasons. I am remembering...
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Alongside Kanye, Snowden, and Pussy Riot, Teju Cole Makes List of Top 50...
So happy for Teju Cole. The author of Open City is named as one of the top 50 people who change the world in 2013. It’s the end of the year and we are being bombarded by all sorts of lists. But...
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12 Minutes of Cinematic Awesomeness! Vote for Daniel Effiong’s Crimson
Daniel Effiong’s psychological thriller, Crimson, has been shortlisted for the Afrinolly award. Effiong is part of a new generation of African filmmakers doing interesting things with the form. My...
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Yay! Half of a Yellow Sun Film in Theaters This Summer!
Biyi Bandele, who directed the Half of a Yellow Sun film adaptation, shared the wonderful news on Facebook today. If Deadline Hollywood is to be believed, Monterey Media Inc. has secured the rights...
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