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Most Anticipated New African Pre-orders! | March 2025

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News March 21, 2025

New Podcast Tokunbo Celebrates Nigerian Storytellers in the Global Diaspora

by Jagravi Dave

News March 21, 2025

Nigerian Author Afabwaje Kurian’s Before the Mango Ripens Shortlisted for 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize

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Stories and Poems March 21, 2025

Garden Variety II | Anthony Ikeh | Poetry

by Anthony Ikeh

Book News March 20, 2025

Cover Reveal: Shamiso by Brian Chikwava

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Book Excerpts March 20, 2025

Excerpt: A Desert of Bleeding Sand by Lucia Damisa

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Book Reviews• Nonfiction• Nonfiction - Scholarly March 20, 2025

The African Con Man Who Outsmarted Presidents: Review of Yepoka Yeebo’s Anansi’s Gold

by Ainehi Edoro

Stories and Poems March 19, 2025

Sands of Redemption | Amani Mosi | Fiction

Essays• Features March 19, 2025

Between Dystopias: Naija Pidgin and Its Carrier Pigeons to the Landlocked (English) Language | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | Essay

by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

NEWS

News March 18, 2025

Special Issue of Journal Feminist Formations Explores African Feminist Subjectivities

by Jagravi Dave

News March 17, 2025

The 8th Uppsala International Literature Festival Will Focus on Nigeria

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News• Opportunities March 12, 2025

Zimbabwean-South African Academic Gibson Ncube is on the Advisory Board of the Queer and Trans Histories Series | Call for Submissions

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News March 11, 2025

Hear From Carole Boyce Davies and Jessica Horn in London this Week!

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News March 11, 2025

Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author Debuts at #4 on the UK Bestseller List!

by Jagravi Dave

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems March 17, 2025

Home Is a Gunpowder Grit Between My Teeth | Ismail Yusuf Olumoh | Poetry

by Ismail Yusuf Olumoh

Stories and Poems March 14, 2025

Tales from My Home | Kehinde Soetan | Fiction

by Kehinde Soetan

Stories and Poems March 12, 2025

Whispers of Dark Desire | Nahna James | Poetry

Stories and Poems March 10, 2025

Sabbath | Ojo-Fakuade Tomi | Poetry

by Ojo-Fakuade Tomi

Stories and Poems March 10, 2025

Looking Is Free: A Stone Town Story | Joe Ruzvidzo | Creative Non-Fiction

by Joe Ruzvidzo