What Became of Dọlápọ̀ is Fine After the HBO Competition Nomination?
Chibundu Onuzo, novelist turned filmmaker, has been sharing updates on her debut film project on Instagram. And they’ve all be great. On August 31, the film won the HBO Short Film Competition at the...
View ArticleListen to the BBC Dramatization of 4 Nigerian Novels
BBC Radio 4 has released one-hour long dramatizations of 4 Nigerian novels. The dramatizations are part of the ongoing program, Reading the Globe: Nigeria. They are all quite stunning in the ways they...
View ArticleAbi Daré is a Judge on the Women’s Prize Trust Discoveries Prize
Nigerian novelist Abi Daré, author of The Girl With the Louding Voice, is on the judging panel of the inaugural Discoveries Prize for new women writing. The award, which was set up to commemorate the...
View ArticleMeet the Judges of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the judges for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The international panel, drawn from the five regions of the commonwealth, is chaired by South African...
View ArticleToxic Masculinity in Shakespeare’s Othello — Watch Episode 11 of Prof. Ato...
The eleventh episode of Professor Ato Quayson’s vlog Critic.Reading.Writing is up! Quayson explores questions of race and racial consciousness in Shakespeare’s Othello. Professor Quayson delves into...
View ArticleTake a Walk with Teju Cole in his Latest Essay on Trees and Photography
As readers will remember from Open City, the act of walking is an essential element in Teju Cole’s mode of storytelling. The walk both sets the scene and opens up possibilities of travel through space...
View Article7 African Literary Platforms to Watch Out For
Literary magazines, publishing houses, and libraries occupy an important place in the development of African literature. Today, the continent is teeming with platforms serving various readerships and...
View Article#WeTurnToBooks: Food and Fiction — An Instagram Live Conversation with Ozoz...
Announcing the second session of #WeTurnToBooks:The Decade Project edition — an Instagram Live chat between Ozoz Sokoh and Petina Gappah! This time round, we’re thrilled to have Ozoz Sokoh take over...
View ArticleZambian Novel Wins UK’s Top Sci-fi Award
Zambian-American novelist Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift has won the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award for the best sci-fi novel of the year. Serpell will receive a cash prize of £2020, as well as an award...
View Article#TIME100: Read John Boyega’s Beautiful Tribute to Tomi Adeyemi, One of Time’s...
Best-selling author of Children of Blood and Bones Tomi Adeyemi has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020, alongside such names as Anthony Fauci, who led the White House...
View ArticleNew BBC Documentary by David Olusuga Documents the Rise of the African Novel
In a new documentary for the BBC, Nigerian-British historian and filmmaker David Olusoga looks into the steady rise of African literature and its continuing relevance on the world stage. Titled ‘Africa...
View ArticleTeju Cole is on the Jury of the 2020 Glenn Gould Prize
Nigerian author and photographer Teju Cole is one of the jurors for the 2020 Glenn Gould Prize. Cole is joined on the panel by a distinguished array of artists that includes Neil Gaiman, Hillary Hahn,...
View ArticleFanon as a Tragic Protagonist in Black Skin, White Masks — Watch Episode 12...
The twelfth episode of Professor Ato Quayson’s vlog Critic.Reading.Writing is up! Quayson reads from Frantz Fanon’s essay in Black Skin, White Masks, “The Fact of Blackness.” In this essay, Fanon...
View ArticleUS Edition of Eghosa Imasuen’s Fine Boys Set for 2021 Release
Ohio University Press has announced that it will publish a new edition of Eghosa Imasuen’s second novel, Fine Boys, in its Modern African Writers series. Fine Boys was originally published in 2012 by...
View ArticleNamwali Serpell Donates Award Money to Bail Funds for Protestors
On September 23, 2020, Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best sci-fi novel of the year. Serpell is set to receive £2020 for her marvelous work of science fiction, but...
View ArticleJoburg Noir Paints a Complex Portrait of One of Africa’s Beloved Cities
South African journalist and novelist, Niq Mhlongo, has edited a new collection of short stories titled Joburg Noir. This anthology will be published by Jacana Media and is set to release on October...
View ArticleWe Have More News on Nnedi Okorafor’s New Novel Titled Noor
In April, Nnedi Okorafor released teaser photos of her recently completed manuscript, coinciding with her birthday celebrations. Go here if you missed it. The work, an adult novel titled “Noor,” had...
View ArticleTsitsi Dangarembga Appointed International Chair of Creative Writing at the...
Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has been appointed international chair of creative writing at The University of East Anglia, one of the UK’s most prestigious...
View ArticleVideo of Reese Witherspoon Reviewing Peace Adzo Medie’s His Only Wife
Ghanaian debut novelist Peace Adzo Medie’s His Only Wife, about a young woman’s journey to self-discovery, has been selected by Academy Award-winning author Reese Witherspoon for her monthly book club...
View ArticleEsi Edugyan Shortlisted for €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award
Ghanaian-Canadian author Esi Edugyan is the only author of African descent on the recently announced shortlist for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. Edugyan is shortlisted for her latest...
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