Wole Soyinka Receives Center for Fiction Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award
The Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has been named recipient of the 2022 Center for Fiction Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award. The award, conferred by the non-profit organization New York...
View ArticleSee the Winners of the 2022 SA Book Awards
The South African Booksellers Association (SABA) have announced the winners of the 2022 SA Book Awards. In its 20th year, the award aims to recognize bestselling books written and published in South...
View ArticleCongolese Filmmaker Nganji Mutiri’s JUWAA Exposes the Costs of Family Trauma
Congolese-Belgian filmmaker Nganji Mutiri has recently written and directed his first feature film JUWAA, which has been screened at the 2022 Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles and in...
View ArticleAkwaeke Emezi is Taking a Break from Publishing Books
Akwaeke Emezi is one of the most prolific African authors writing today. They have published seven books in four years across 5 genres. The last three books were all published in 2022, with four more...
View ArticleEgyptian Author Noor Naga Wins the 2022 Center For Fiction First Novel Prize
The Egyptian writer Noor Naga won the 2022 Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize for her debut novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English. Naga was named winner at The Center for Fiction Annual Awards...
View ArticleAgbowo’s November Issue Features Exciting New African Voices
Agbowo has a special issue out. The unthemed ‘November’ Issue Y collects writing from some of Africa’s most exciting literary voices, including the most recent NLNG prize winner Romeo Oriogun, as well...
View ArticleSubmit to the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing | Deadline: January 26, 2023
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is currently accepting submissions of short stories for its 2023 edition. The prize, in its 23rd year, is one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious short story...
View ArticleHere are the Winners of the Green We Left Behind Photographs/Visual Arts...
Winners have been announced for The Green We Left Behind Photographs/Visual Arts Contest. The contest, which is an initiative of Arts Lounge and sponsored by the French Embassy and Brittle Paper,...
View ArticleCheck out the Winners of the Writing and Illustration Competitions at the...
The 2022 Akada Children’s Book Festival was held on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the UpBeat Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The first and the largest Nigerian book festival specifically for children, Akada...
View ArticleSubmit to Deep Vellum’s The Best Literary Translations 2024 Anthology
The publisher Deep Vellum is accepting translated works for their new initiative, Deep Vellum is a nonprofit independent publishing house and literary arts center based in Dallas, Texas. It was founded...
View ArticleThree Nigerian Writers to Co-Create Major TV Production of 19th Century...
Studiocanal, the leading French production and distribution company and the brain behind films such as Terminator 2, are developing an epic series about a formidable female army in 19th century Africa....
View ArticleNoViolet Bulawayo and Chinelo Okparanta on 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize...
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo and Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta are on the longlist for the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize. The $35,000 prize is one of the largest prizes in the United...
View ArticleReturn of Benin Artefacts and the Question of Cultural Infrastructure | Toni Kan
Stolen and looted artefacts from the Benin Kingdom are finding their way home. After decades of insistent cultural diplomacy pursued by organizations like the Benin Dialogue Group, the art-loving Edo...
View ArticleNana Darkoa Sekyiamah Makes BBC 100 Women List for 2022
Ghanaian author and feminist activist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is listed among the BBC 100 Women for the 2022 edition. The multi-format series was established in 2013 with the goal to “examine the role of...
View ArticleAfritondo is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Literary Platform of the Year
Afritondo is the 2022 Brittle Paper Literary Platform of the year for fostering a space for African and Black literature to thrive. Afritondo is a media and publishing platform operating from Nigeria...
View ArticleBlackbird Books is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Publishing House of the Year
Blackbird Books is Brittle Paper’s Publishing House of the Year for their commitment to supporting authors and celebrating a diverse range of African narratives. Blackbird Books was founded in August...
View ArticleAmyn Bawa-Allah (@Lipglossmaffia) is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Social Media...
Nigerian digital content creator and book connoisseur Amyn Bawa-Allah, a.k.a @Lipglossmaffia, is the social media influencer of the year for her use of social media to promote African books. Social...
View ArticleProf. Pumla Dineo Gqola is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Academic of the Year
Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola is Brittle Paper Academic of the Year her contributions to African literary culture. Prof. Gqola is a South African academic, among many other brilliant titles such as...
View ArticleTsitsi Dangarembga is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Activist of the Year
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the 2022 Brittle Paper Activist of the Year for her brave fight against injustice and her demand for government reform. She is an award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, playwright,...
View ArticleProf. Kwame Dawes is Brittle Paper’s 2022 Literary Person of the Year
I Brittle Paper’s Literary Person of the Year award, now in its 8th year, recognizes an individual who has done outstanding work in advancing African literary culture and industry in the given year....
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