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Addis Ababa Noir, Edited by Maaza Mengiste & Featuring Mahtem Shiferraw,...
Each anthology in Akashic Books’ noir series is “set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city” and includes new fiction by writers from the country. Last year, the series...
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Kalaf Epalanga, Angolan Author & Musician, Named Curator of the 2020 African...
The Angolan musician and author Kalaf Epalanga, who looks like the actor Mahershala Ali, has been announced as the curator of the 2020 African Book Festival in Berlin. The inaugural event in 2018,...
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Befeqadu Hailu, Ethiopian Writer-Activist & Co-founder of Zone 9 Blog, Named...
Befeqadu Hailu, the Ethiopian writer, activist, and co-founder of the Amharic-language human rights platform Zone 9 Blogging Collective, has been named the 2019 International Writer of Courage at the...
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Bernardine Evaristo’s Joint Win of the Booker Prize, with Margaret Atwood,...
The Nigerian-British novelist Bernardine Evaristo has been awarded the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction, for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, her eighth book in a career gloriously distinguished both by...
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The Guardian UK Criticized for Headline Calling Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker...
Right after Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood were announced joint winners of the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction, the UK’s The Guardian published a piece examining the judges’ decision to settle...
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TJ Benson’s Forthcoming Novel, The Madhouse, Follows a Troubled Family Across...
The Nigerian writer TJ Benson has a new novel set to be published by Masobe Books in 2020. A new publishing house, authors on Masobe Books’ list include Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Chimeka Garricks, and...
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Bernardine Evaristo: Your Guide to All Eight Books by the Booker Prize Winner
While better known in the African literary scene as the founder of the massively influential Brunel International African Poetry Prize, Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo, born in 1959 to a Nigerian...
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Otosirieze Obi-Young Talks Brittle Paper’s Support for Queer Writers in...
Brittle Paper‘s deputy editor Otosirieze Obi-Young was recently profiled on Literary Hub. The October 3 feature is titled “On a Progressive Platform for New African Literature” and is one of those...
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance | Read an Excerpt from the Second Novel in...
A few months back, Adeyemi unveiled the cover for Children of Virtue and Vengeance, the second installment in her Legacy of Orisha trilogy, forthcoming on 3 December 2019. She told Essence that she...
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Chimurenga’s Broadcast & Book Launch at The New School (NYC) Will Explore...
Press release: Chimurenga at The New School, NYC | 23 -25 October 2019 From 23–25 October 2019, Chimurenga will install its Pan African Space Station (PASS) at The New School’s Arnold and Sheila...
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The 2019 Purple Hibiscus Writing Workshop, to Be Held in Awka, Now Open for...
In 2018, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced the return of her annual workshop, after its one-year hiatus in 2017 necessitated by a lack of sponsorship. The workshop changed its name from Farafina...
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Victor Ehikhamenor’s Gorgeous Co-Working Space, Angels & Muse, to be Featured...
Last year, the award-winning artist and writer Victor Ehikhamenor opened a multi-modal co-working space in Lagos called Angels and Muse. Located at 5, Sumbo Jibowu Street, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, it...
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The 20 Writers Shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Morland Writing Scholarships
PRESS RELEASE: Morland Writing Scholarships: 2019 Shortlist The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Morland Writing Scholarships. We received nearly 700 entries...
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Mukoma wa Ngugi Shares Tizita Playlist in Anticipation of Forthcoming Novel...
Mukoma wa Ngugi will be publishing a new novel with Cassava Republic Press. Titled We Unbury Our Dead with Song, the novel centers on four competing Tizita musicians and is set in Kenya and Ethiopia....
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#LIPFest2019: Guests & Festival Program
From 30 October to 3 November 2019, Lagos will play host to a wide array of poets, performers, and industry-related professionals at the fifth Lagos International Poetry Festival, #LIPFest2019. Themed...
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#LIPFest2019 | Register for Workshops with Bernardine Evaristo, Kaveh Akbar,...
Registration is currently open for workshops with Bernadine Evaristo, Kaveh Akbar, Itiola Jones, and Logan February at the fifth Lagos International Poetry Festival, #LIPFest19. All workshops are...
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Chika Unigwe’s New Story Collection on Nigerian Migrants Out from Cassava...
Award-winning writer Chika Unigwe has a new book out from Cassava Republic Press. Titled Better Never than Late, the book is one of a trio of short story collections released under the Cassava...
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#LIPFest2019 | A Life in Words: Bernardine Evaristo in Conversation, with...
From 30 October to 3 November 2019, over 50 writers from 10 countries will be participating in the fifth Lagos International Poetry Festival, #LIPFest2019. Among the events to be held is a...
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Poetry Press Konya Shamsrumi Announces SAI Sabouke as Managing Editor
PRESS RELEASE: Abuja, Nigeria: The poet SAI Sabouke has been appointed Managing Editor of Konya Shamsrumi, effective immediately. This decision was arrived at after extensive consultations within the...
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Editor’s Note | 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Issue II |...
READ: 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry | New Project Pushes Institutional Boundaries in the Modern African Poetry Landscape Issue II of 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary...
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