Chinua Achebe’s Home State Anambra Names International Airport in Honor of...
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe received a huge recognition from his hometown of Anambra State in Nigeria as Governor Chukwuma Soludo renamed the state’s International Passenger and Cargo Airport after...
View ArticleAké Arts and Book Festival Founded by Lola Shoneyin Wins Aficionado Award
Lola Shoneyin‘s Lagos-based Aké Arts and Book Festival wins the first ever Aficionado Award for improving the quality of international publishing through its efforts. The aim of the Aficionado Award is...
View ArticleChioma Nnadi Becomes First Black Female Head of British Vogue!
British-Nigerian fashion editor Chioma Nnadi is replacing Ghanaian author Edward Enninful as the head of British Vogue. British Vogue is a British fashion magazine based in London and first published...
View ArticleSudanese Author Leila Aboulela Comes to Wisconsin | US/Canada Book Tour
Sudanese author Leila Aboulela just announced that she will be coming to Wisconsin as the last stop on her North American book tour for River Spirit. We are thrilled that she will be making her way to...
View ArticleCheck Out the Cover for Tomi Adeyemi’s Final Book of the Legacy of Orisha...
Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi has announced the title, cover, and release date for the final book of her legendary YA fantasy trilogy Legacy of Orisha. The book titled Children of Anguish and...
View ArticleThe Shortlists for the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards are Out!
The shortlists for the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards have just been announced. This year’s books are all brilliant and gripping, making the judges’ forthcoming decision very difficult. Founded in...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2023 Macondo Literary Festival | PHOTOS
The third edition of Nairobi’s Macondo Literary Festival, titled “Disrupting Home” just ended in Kenya’s capital. For the first time on the continent, it brought together authors from Arab, English,...
View ArticleNobel Prize Winner J. M. Coetzee Has a New Book Exploring Love Out This Fall!
Nobel prize-winning South African author J. M. Coetzee has a new book out this fall! Titled The Pole, the novel explores the secret love between a Polish pianist and an arts patron who is married. It...
View ArticleThe Cover for Muslim Rom-Com Four Eids and a Funeral is Stunning!
The book cover for Four Eids and a Funeral by British-Nigerian novelist Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Bangladeshi-Irish writer Adiba Jaigirdar is out and it is absolutely stunning! The sweet Muslim rom-com...
View ArticleAfrican Authors Take a Stand Against AI Book Pirating Practices
Last month, The Atlantic reported that generative AI by Bloomberg, Meta, and other big tech companies have been trained using a dataset of 191,000 books without the authors’ permissions. Called...
View ArticleTemi Oh is a Writer on Netflix Dark Fantasy Show Castlevania: Nocturne!
British-Nigerian speculative fiction author Temi Oh is a writer on a Netflix show! The show is a dark fantasy animated series called Castlevania: Nocturne and is streaming right now, so definitely...
View ArticleMotswana Writer Keabetswe Molotsi Wins the 2023 Kendeka Prize for African...
Motswana writer Keabetswe Molotsi has just been announced as the winner of the 2023 Kendeka Prize for African Literature for her story titled “Matlhalerwa“. The award ceremony took place on October 7...
View ArticleAttend Chika Unigwe’s Online Discussion of Her Latest Novel The Middle...
Nigerian author Chika Unigwe will be discussing her recent novel The Middle Daughter at a free online event held by Radical Books Collective on Saturday, October 21. The discussion will take place at...
View ArticleApply for the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2024 | Deadline: October 29
The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD) is announcing a new residency program exploring the theme “What is Africa to Me?”. All writers of African descent across the world are eligible...
View ArticleSubmit to the Evaristo Prize for African Poetry | Deadline: November 1
Submissions are now open for the 2023-2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry. This prize awards a cash prize of USD $1,500 to 10 poems written by an African poet, and we highly recommend budding poets...
View Article#LIPFest2023 | Register for Workshops with Jericho Brown, Bassey Ikpi, and More
Registration is officially open for the 2023 Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest). The program for this year includes workshops by the brilliant writers Jericho Brown and Bassey Ikpi, so we...
View ArticleObari Gomba Wins the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature
Obari Gomba has won the 2023 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature for his astounding play Grit, bagging the $100,000 cash award. He has been listed for the award five times already, but the sixth time’s a...
View ArticleOmenana Magazine Cleans House at 2023 Utopia Awards
The 2023 Utopia Awards have just been announced last week and the results were shocking. Omenana Magazine stories have won in 3 of the 8 award categories, including the prestigious “Utopian...
View ArticleJalada Africa’s Legendary Translation Issue of Wole Soyinka’s Poetry is Here!
Jalada Africa’s second translation issue featuring Wole Soyinka’s poetry just dropped! It is absolutely legendary and features translations of Soyinka’s poem “Mandela Comes to Leah” into 48 distinct...
View ArticleListen to African Sci-Fi Podcast Griots & Galaxies | Ft. Wole Talabi, Tlotlo...
A new African speculative fiction podcast titled Griots & Galaxies just launched and it looks incredible! It is hosted by Chinelo Onwualu, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and Arizona State University professor...
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