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SynCity NG Releases Anniversary Anthology, Introduced by Tendai Huchu, and...
In celebration of its one-year anniversary, the Nigeria-based African literature blog SynCity NG announced a prize and a call for submissions to an anthology. The anthology, A Feast for Memory,...
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Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, & Oyinkan Braithwaite Make 13-Strong...
The 2019 Booker Prize longlist was announced hours ago, and on it are Bernardine Evaristo for her eighth book Girl, Woman, Other, Chigozie Obioma for his second novel An Orchestra of Minorities, and...
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Announcement of Resignation from the Founding Patrons of the Etisalat /...
The Etisalat Prize for Literature was founded in 2012 by the telecommunications company Etisalat Nigeria. Worth £15,000, it recognized the best debut book by an African writer. It was won by...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Among 15 Women on the Cover of British Vogue’s...
We knew this association was bound to happen soon. News came days ago that The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is guest-editing the September issue of British Vogue, the most important issue of...
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Pamela Adie’s Under the Rainbow Is Nigeria’s First Documentary About Being...
The Nigerian activist Pamela Adie has released her documentary Under the Rainbow: Nigeria’s first about being lesbian. The feature follows her discovery of herself and coming to terms with her...
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Namwali Serpell & Tope Folarin Longlisted for Center for Fiction First Novel...
Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift and Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man have been longlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, “awarded to the best debut novel of the year.”...
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The Fágúnwà Study Group’s Second International Conference in Akure to...
Wọlé Ṣóyínká has long been the preeminent scholar on D. O. Fágúnwà, the great Yorùbá-language writer two of whose books, The Forest of a Thousand Daemons (Ògbójú Ọdẹ Nínú Igbó Irúnmalè) and...
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Exclusive: Watch Video of the Purple Hibiscus Workshop Literary Evening with...
The eleventh edition of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s creative writing workshop took place in Lagos from 20 November to 30 November 2018. Formerly the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop, the event...
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Dr. Stella Nyanzi Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for a Poem About Uganda’s...
The Ugandan academic and gender and queer rights advocate Stella Nyanzi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of cyber harassment against the country’s 33-year-ruling...
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Imbolo Mbue’s Second Novel Acquired by Penguin Random House
The North America rights to Imbolo Mbue’s second novel has been acquired by Penguin Random House. The manuscript, currently titled How Beautiful We Were, sold by Mbue’s agent Susan Golomb and acquired...
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Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters and 2019 Nigerian Presidential...
Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters and 2019 Nigerian presidential candidate on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC), has been arrested by officers of Nigeria’s State...
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Kenyan Court Awards Tony Mochama Sh9 Million ($87,070) in Sexual Harassment...
On 20 September 2014, while the Storymoja Hay Festival was ongoing, a group of writers met in the Nairobi home of postcolonial theory and political history professor Wambui Mwangi, to discuss the...
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Twelve African Writers on the Legacy of Toni Morrison, for Decades the...
Toni Morrison, for decades the greatest living writer, passed on at 88, on 6 August. We have compiled tributes to her, published on other sites, by Namwali Serpell, Diana Evans, Bernardine Evaristo,...
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Ayobami Adebayo Wins the 9Mobile Prize for Literature, for Stay with Me
Two weeks after the prize’s Board resigned and the prize reiterated its commitment to announcing a winner 18 months after it released a shortlist, the Nigerian Ayobami Adebayo has been named the...
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Writers on Social Media: Vol. 3 | Leila Aboulela at Sudan Revolution Rally,...
What did writers do on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook recently? As with our first and second volumes in the series, we went through some timelines to bring you what has been happening. Leila Aboulela...
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Agbowo Magazine’s Visually Stunning Second Issue Features Work by JK Anowe,...
The Nigeria-based Agbowo Magazine, which “collect[s] great literary and visual African art,” has released its second issue, themed “Limits”: a visually stunning collection that features work by...
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Saraba Magazine Will Be Appointing a New Editorial Team | How to Apply
APPLY TO JOIN SARABA MAGAZINE EDITORIAL TEAM: PRESS RELEASE Saraba, the acclaimed literary magazine based in Nigeria, calls for applications for a new editorial team, including an Editor, Fiction...
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How to Join Narrative Landscape’s Illustrator Competition for Nigerian Women
PRESS RELEASE Brief Narrative Landscape Press is pleased to announce this illustrator competition for Nigerian women illustrators. The winner of this competition will get a chance to work with a...
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Shailja Patel Rejects $87,070 Court Ruling in Sexual Assault Defamation Suit...
A week following the awarding of Sh9 million ($87,070) to Tony Mochama in his sexual assault defamation suit against Shailja Patel and Wambui Mwangi, including an order for a written apology to him...
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Dinaw Mengestu’s Novel Picked by Barrack Obama for His Summer 2019 Reading List
Former US president Barrack Obama has revealed his summer 2019 reading list, and among his selections is the Ethiopian writer Dinaw Mengestu’s second novel How to Read the Air. Published in 2010 by...
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