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Brittle Paper Call for Submissions: Festive Anthology Vol. IV | Deadline: Nov 14

by Tahzeeb Akram

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News October 23, 2025

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receives Two Major European Literary Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Excerpts October 23, 2025

Excerpt: Ethiopia Unbound: A Critical Edition by J. E. Casely Hayford

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 22, 2025

The 9th Edition of PaGya! Literary Festival in Accra was Lit! (Photos)

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 22, 2025

Salma El-Wardany Appointed Judge for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News October 22, 2025

How Nigerian Women Artists Turn Not Belonging Into Art — A Review of Bimbola Akinbola’s Transatlantic Disbelonging

by Submissions Editor

Stories and Poems October 22, 2025

Bukka | Chuks Obinna | Fiction

by Chuks Obinna

Book News October 21, 2025

How Black Women Radicals (BWR) Is Rescuing 100 Years of Feminist Writing From Erasure

by Ainehi Edoro

News October 21, 2025

African Writers Shine at 2025 Ignyte Awards: Shingai Njeri Kagunda and Eugen Bacon Take Home Wins

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News October 21, 2025

Berlin Publisher Championing African Literature, InterKontinental Verlag, Wins 2025 German Publishing Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 20, 2025

African Humanities Association Awarded $900,000 Carnegie Grant, Launches Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 15, 2025

Farewell to South African Author Zoë Wicomb (1948–2025)

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 15, 2025

Leila Aboulela Shares PEN Pinter Prize 2025 with Stella Gaitano

by Submissions Editor

News October 14, 2025

Ugandan Poet Nick Makoha Shortlisted for £25,000 T.S. Eliot Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Essays• Stories and Poems October 20, 2025

The Rhythms That Remind | Uyi Blessing Odine | Essay

by Uyi Blessing Odine

Stories and Poems October 20, 2025

Reflections from Hon. Kadaga | Johnson Ocan | Poetry

by Johnson Ocan

Essays• Stories and Poems October 18, 2025

Dear Daughter | Nana Darkoa | Creative Non-Fiction

Stories and Poems October 17, 2025

Food for Thought | A. S. Lewis | Fiction

Stories and Poems October 15, 2025

Love in a Bottle | Hope Osatare Matthew | Fiction

by Hope Osatare Matthew