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Oscars 2018: Thando Mgqolozana’s Film “Inxeba: The Wound” Chosen as South...
Inxeba: The Wound, the stirringly powerful arthouse drama co-written by Abantu Book Festival founder Thando Mgqolozana, has been chosen as South Africa’s entry for the 2018 Oscars, in the Best Foreign...
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Olaudah Equiano’s 1789 Memoir Named in This List of “The 100 Best Nonfiction...
Olaudah Equiano’s 1789 memoir The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African has been named in a list of “the 100 best nonfiction books of all-time” compiled...
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Kwame Dawes Named Chancellor of Academy of American Poets
Kwame Dawes, Emmy-winning poet and founding editor of Africa Poetry Book Fund, has been named a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. The honourary position has been held in the past by such...
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Chinelo Okparanta Profiled by Sarah Ladipo Manyika for OZY
Chinelo Okparanta has been profiled by Sarah Ladipo Manyika for OZY, where Manyika is Books Editor. Titled “The Nigerian-American Writer Who Takes on Taboos,” the profile focuses on the reception of...
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Event: Brunel Prize Winner Gbenga Adesina in Conversation with Pulitzer Prize...
Gbenga Adesina, winner of the 2016 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, will be in conversation with Tyehimba Jess, Professor of English at College of Staten Island and author of Olio, which...
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Margaret Busby-Edited Anthology to Feature 200 Female Writers Including...
Britain’s first black female publisher Margaret Busby will edit a new anthology that would feature 200 female African writers across generations. Titled New Daughters of Africa: An International...
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“A Mission to Reshape Our History”| Read Niq Mhlongo’s Inspirational BRICS...
A keynote speech delivered by the South African novelist Niq Mhlongo—author of Dog Eat Dog (2004), After Tears (2007), Way Back Home (2013), and Affluenza (2016)—at the BRICS 2017 Literary Forum in...
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See the Gorgeous Cover for LGBTQI Art Collective 14’s Volume 2, Featuring...
The Nigerian queer art collective 14, which is set to release its second volume this week, has shared its cover, featuring snippets from Taiye Selasi and 2016 Brunel Prize winner Gbenga Adesina. The...
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Keorapetse “Bra Willie” Kgositsile: South Africa Begins 3-Day “Special...
To honour the country’s late National Poet Laureate, Keorapetse “Bra Willie” Kgositsile, the government of South Africa has commenced a three-day “special official funeral.” The memorial began on 11...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Enter for Africa Book Club’s Short Story...
The Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition is open to submissions. African writers can enter fiction or nonfiction pieces of not more than 3,500 words for a chance to win monetary prizes—$250 for...
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The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 8 | Featuring Soyinka, J.M....
The 8th issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books was released last December. The issue, which is from the magazine’s first volume, features short fiction, poetry, an interview, a comment, a letter,...
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50 Years Later, the Swedish Academy Unveils the 70 Nominees for the 1967...
As is their tradition, the Swedish Academy, custodians and givers of the Nobel Prize in Literature, have, 50 years after it was awarded to Guatemalan writer-diplomat Miguel Ángel Asturias, unveiled...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Submit to AFREADA’s Valentine’s Day Contest...
AFREADA magazine is putting together a Valentine/love-themed anthology. Founded by its editor Nancy Adimora, who contributed to our Christmas books-to-read feature, AFREADA is dedicated to publishing...
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14: An Anthology of Queer Art | Vol. 2: The Inward Gaze
A few days ago, we announced the gorgeous cover for the LGBTQI art collective 14’s second volume, which featured snippets from Taiye Selasi and 2016 Brunel Prize winner Gbenga Adesina. The anthology...
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Lupita Nyong’o Announces New Children’s Book, “Sulwe”
Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o has announced a new children’s book titled Sulwe. The book, reports The New York Times, will be published in January 2019 by Simon & Schuster Books for...
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How Egyptian Music Icon Abdel Halim Hafez Became a Centrepiece in Safia...
Sudanese poet Safia Elhillo has received the 2015 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, with her poem “application for assylum” shortlisted for the 2017 Brittle Paper Award for Poetry. Her debut...
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“My Friends and Family Know I’m Not a Woman”: Akwaeke Emezi on Figuring Out...
Akwaeke Emezi, most recently photographed for Vogue ahead of the release of her debut novel Freshwater, has come out as a non-binary transgender person—she is not a man in a woman’s body, she is just...
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The 5 African Novels Longlisted for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic...
Five novels by Africans are on the 16-title longlist of the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Earthen Fortress, by Egypt’s Ahmed Abdel Latif; Passion, by Egypt’s Rasha Adly; Flowers...
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Alain Mabanckou Turns Down Invitation from France’s President Emmanuel Macron
Alain Mabanckou, the biggest name in Francophone African literature, has turned down an invitation from France’s president Emmanuel Macron to join a Francophone project, reports QZ. The project, which...
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How Dzekashu MacViban Founded Bakwa Magazine
The story of Bakwa magazine—Cameroon’s leading Anglophone literary publication, which also runs pieces on politics and art—is one of sublime dedication and a powerful grasp of responsibility. In 2011,...
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