LGBTQ Nonfiction: Akwaeke Emezi’s Dear Senthuran is a 2022 Lambda Literary...
The Lambda Literary Awards has announced the finalists for its 34th edition, across 24 categories. There is only one African writer on the list—Nigeria’s Akwaeke Emezi. They are nominated in the...
View Article3 African Authors Awarded the $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes: Tsitsi...
The Windham-Campbell Prizes have named the recipients of its tenth edition and we are beyond proud to see that nearly half of the honorees are African. They are the Zimbabwean authors Tsitsi...
View ArticleWho is Morowa Yejide, the Only African Writer Longlisted for the 2022 Women’s...
Some of you have been asking about American-Nigerian author Morowa Yejidé, who was recently longlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize. So, we thought we’d share a quick note on her body of work. Yejidé is...
View ArticleIsele Magazine Unveils Inaugural Prize Shortlist
Isele Magazine has announced the list of contributors shortlisted for its inaugural edition. The prize, which was launched early this year, highlights the best pieces of writing published in the...
View Article“I was very starstruck:” Warsan Shire On Collaborating with Beyoncé for Lemonade
In a new interview, courtesy of The Guardian, Evaristo spoke with Warsan Shire, celebrated British-Somali poet, whose work has been featured on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black is King. Sprinkled through...
View ArticleEVENT | Prof. Ato Quayson on Tragedy and Colonialism at Northwestern...
The Program of African Studies at Northwestern University is hosting Ghanaian literature professor and critic Ato Quayson to a virtual literary event to discuss his new book Tragedy and Post-colonial...
View ArticleNew Africa Books Wins Big at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The South African independent publishing house New Africa Books is named winner of the 2022 Bologna Prize for Children’s Publishers of the Year, Africa region. The prize, in its tenth edition, is an...
View ArticleEfua Traorè is Cover Star for Inaugural Masobe Quarterly Magazine
The Nigerian publishing house Masobe Books has launched a new magazine. The gorgeous publication will be released on a quarterly basis and is made available for free, as a gift when you buy a book from...
View ArticleThe Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa Announces Shortlist
The shortlist for the inaugural The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa has been announced. The selected manuscripts are A Darkness With Her Name On It by Doreen Anyango (Uganda), Single Minded...
View Article2 Ethiopian-American Novelists Awarded the 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship: Maaza...
The Guggenheim Foundation has announced the 180 fellows selected for its 2022 class, and it is a win for Ethiopia! The novelists Dinaw Mengestu and Maaza Mengiste, both Ethiopian-Americans, are among...
View ArticleMustapha Enensi Wins 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award
The Nigerian writer and Corp member Mustapha Enensi is winner of the 2021 Awele Creative Trust Award for his story “Safety Pins Are Bad Omens,” described by the judges as “tender and gripping.” Enensi,...
View ArticleChimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Pemi Aguda win 2022 O. Henry Prize
The Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and short story writer Pemi Aguda are among winners of the 2022 O. Henry Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary honors for a single short...
View ArticleWana Udobang Partners Ford Foundation For Art Installation Tackling Women...
The celebrated Nigerian poet and performer Wana Udobang is set to present her first mixed media installation. Titled “Dirty Laundry,” the three-day event promises to be an immersive, self-reflective...
View ArticleAfricanfuturist Author Nnedi Okorafor on Technology and Spirituality
Celebrated Nigerian author Nnedi Okorafor recently caught up with the Canadian indie pop artist Grimes to talk about literature, music, and the ever-increasing synergy between technology and humanity....
View ArticleNigerian Writer Chukwuebuka Ibeh Talks Craft and Influences with Gugu Mhulungu
The Nigerian writer and our own contributor Chukwuebuka Ibeh was recently a guest on the weekend breakfast show for the Johannesburg-based radio Talk 702, to speak with the South African radio...
View ArticleCameroonian Writer Howard Meh-Buh Maximus Wins 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize
Cameroonian writer Howard Meh-Buh Maximus wins the 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize for his short story “Grotto,” described as “a tender story about friendship and the ephemeral nature of young love.”...
View ArticleEnglish Translations of Mauritanian and Angolan Fiction Forthcoming From...
US-based, African-founded independent publishing house Iskanchi Press has announced its very first lineup of literary works scheduled for publication. The list of three books is remarkably diverse,...
View ArticleNigerian Author Suyi Davies Okungbowa Endows Fellowship for Emerging African...
African writers in the early stages of their career are invited to apply for the “Literary Ladder Fellowship for Emerging African Authors.” The fellowship is an initiative of Nigerian novelist Suyi...
View ArticleEngaging Borders Africa Options Three Stories for Short Films
Short stories by Kenya’s Lucy Wangari, Nigeria’s Bọ́ládalẹ́ Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Maryam and Suleiman Aigbe Buhari will be adapted for film by American screenwriter Christopher Doherty, Ugandan filmmaker Samuel...
View ArticlePumla Dineo Gqola, Niq Mhlongo, and Natalia Molebatsi Among Winners of the...
The feminist scholar and author Pumla Dineo Gqola, novelist Niq Mhlongo, historian Thulasizwe Simpson, feminist authors Gabeba Baderoon and Desiree Lewis, as well as poet Natalia Molebatsi are among...
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