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Ethiopian Novel Makes New York Times Best Covers Of 2014
Congrats to Dinaw Mengestu and the designer of the cover of his new book, All Our Names. The cover design made the New York Times Best Cover of 2014. This places Mengestu in fine company—with the...
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Photos: UK-Based African Women Writers Meet To Talk Business of Writing
Nuzo Onoh, author of The Reluctant Dead UK-based African writers came together in a one-of-a-kind literary event to chat about that aspect of writing that no one wants to talk about—the business of...
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This May Not Be News But…| African Literary Gossip Vol. 1 | Adichie, Selasi,...
#AFricanLiteraryGossip is a compilation of offbeat news and tidbits on African authors and their social media life. Enjoy! ************************* 1. Moroccan novelist, Laila Lalami (author of A...
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Brittle Paper Launches an African Fantasy Story Series
So much excitement here as we launch a new story series. {Read Story HERE} One of the most talked-about projects we launched last year was Ayodele Olofintuade’s Adunni, an original Brittle Paper story...
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Teju Cole’s Must-Read Response to The Charlie Hebdo Killing
In the wake of the terror attack on a Paris magazine and the revolutionary euphoria that followed, Teju Cole tries to put the whole even in perspective. Scroll down to seek the few passages I...
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Ankara Press Debuts 6 African Romance Novels That are Better Than Mills & Boon
Step aside Mills and Boon. Ankara Press is here! The new and hip romance story imprint that’s had African literary Twitter buzzing for weeks is worth every beam of spotlight it’s enjoying at the...
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Imbolo Mbue, Cameroon’s Million-Dollar Novelist, Publishes First Story
Two months ago, I broke the news to you that a Cameroonian author sold her debut novel, titled The Longings of Jende Jonga, to Random House for a million dollars. Amidst the excitement that Mbue’s...
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Don’t Miss This Chance to Submit to Granta Magazine
Looks like Granta Magazine is suspending their no-unsolicited-submission rule. But we don’t know if it’s for a limited time only. So if you’d like to get your fiction, non-fiction, poetry or essay...
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Ngugi Would Be Pleased About the New Zulu Translation of the Bible
Zulu Chritians must be happy about the recently commissioned Zulu bible translation, but so are literary folks like us. Since the bible is so much about stories, poetry, ideas, literary form, and the...
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Is the Assoc. of Nigerian Authors Having Financial Troubles?
It came out a couple of weeks ago that the Rivers State chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) couldn’t host the organization’s annual convention because they were strapped for cash....
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Adichie in Paris! | Tells Paris TV Her Thoughts on The Nigerian Election
What were you up to last week? Well, Chimamanda was in Paris. As part of the promotional events around the official release of Americanah in France, she met up with Nicholas Germain for an interview...
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Help Fund a Multimedia Dictionary of Yoruba Names
If you’re looking to express your passion for African literature by supporting an African literary project, here is something to consider. Last week, Nigerian linguist Kola Tubosun, who is also a...
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For the Love of Food! | Ben Okri & Mukoma wa Ngugi Featured in Food Fiction...
Mukoma wa Ngugi, Ben Okri and host of well-known writers collaborate in an anthology of stories inspired by food and the relationships we forge around it. The title of the anthology is Cooked Up: Food...
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How Adichie’s Story About Struggling with Depression Suddenly Got Weird
Many of us woke up to Adichie’s account of her struggle with depression, published in The Guardian. The account was beautiful and moving. She shared deeply personal details about her experience with...
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African Writers’ Birthday | Happy Birthday to J. M. Coetzee!
Happy Birthday to J. M. Coetzee! One of Africa’s most celebrated authors is 75 years old today. Coetzee has won the Booker Prize twice—one for Life & Times of Michael K and a second for Disgrace....
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Sudanese Writers Union Banned | Read Solidarity Message from Nigerian Authors
African writers are standing up for each other. In a statement issued this morning, the Association of Nigerian Authors condemned the recent banning of the Sudanese Writers Union by the government....
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Celebrating African Love Stories! | Ankara Press Launches 14-Story...
When Cassava Republic rolled out 6 romance titles under its new imprint, Ankara Press, we thought they’d out done themselves. What else could they do to make us fall in love with African love stories?...
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Event | Africa39 in New York City! | Readings by Tope Folarin, Ellah Allfrey,...
Hay Festival and Afridiaspora.com have teamed up to serenade New Yorkers with readings from the Africa 39 Anthology. Last year, Hay Festival collaborated with the Rainbow Book Club in Port Harcourt in...
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Big Win for African Fiction! | $150, 000 Windham Campbell Prize Goes to Teju...
The third edition of The Windham Campbell Prize is here! The list of nine winners were announced a few hours ago. And guess what. It’s an African affair! All three slots dedicated to fiction were won...
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Adichie is Vogue UK’s Fashion Star of the Month! | 30 Looks + Her Style...
Adichie is the March feature of Vogue UK’s popular “Closet Diaries” series. Every day, for one whole month, she’ll show Vogue’s readers what she’s wearing. For Adichie’s fans, it’s got to be like...
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