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Announcing Brittle Paper’s 100 Notable African Books of 2023!

by Submissions Editor

LATEST

News December 06, 2023

Stanford’s Ato Quayson and Oxford’s Ankhi Mukherjee Co-Edit Decolonizing English Curriculum Collection

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News• Opportunities December 06, 2023

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is Hosting African Novels Reading Group Starting Jan 10 | Sign Up!

by Kuhelika Ghosh

Book News December 06, 2023

Cameroonian Author Musih Tedji Xaviere Makes Her Debut with a Forbidden Queer Love Story

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News December 05, 2023

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards

by Kuhelika Ghosh

Book News December 05, 2023

Cameroonian Scholar Achille Mbembe’s English Translation of Brutalism Forthcoming in 2024

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News December 04, 2023

Bernardine Evaristo is Judging Cassava Republic’s First Nonfiction Manuscript Prize

by Kuhelika Ghosh

Interviews December 04, 2023

DECEMBER WRITER OF THE MONTH: Kawira Koome

by Submissions Editor

Book News December 01, 2023

Black Buddhist Scholar Pamela Ayo Yetunde Set to Publish Book About American Singer Prince’s Spirituality

by Kuhelika Ghosh

NEWS

News• Opportunities December 01, 2023

Submit Your Short Story to the 2023 Awele Creative Trust Award | Deadline: Jan 10

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News November 29, 2023

Adunni Makes a Comeback in Abi Daré’s 2024 Novel | Check Out the Mesmerizing Cover!

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News• Opportunities November 29, 2023

Submit to Deep Vellum’s Literary Translation Anthology | Deadline: Jan 5

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News November 28, 2023

Eloghosa Osunde Wins The Museum of the African Diaspora’s 2023 African Literary Award

by Kuhelika Ghosh

News November 28, 2023

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Story Collection About a Fictive Nigerian Town Adapted to Film

by Kuhelika Ghosh

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems December 01, 2023

4 Am Thoughts | Khadijah Jimeh | Creative Non-Fiction

by Khadijah Jimeh

Stories and Poems November 29, 2023

The Bliss and Peril of Newlyweds: How living close to a newlywed altered my view on marriage | Udochi Mbalewe | Creative Non-Fiction

by Udochi Mbalewe

Stories and Poems November 27, 2023

8 Reasons Why I’m Not Black Enough, Apparently | Kawira Koome | Creative Non-Fiction

by Kawira Koome

Stories and Poems November 24, 2023

The Grandparents | Musu Bangura | Fiction

by Musu Bangura

Stories and Poems November 20, 2023

Call of Thunder | Olayioye Paul Bamidele | Poetry

by Olayioye Paul Bamidele