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Love and Blackness Beyond A History of Violence: Review of Maryse Condé’s Waiting for the Waters to Rise

by Ainehi Edoro

LATEST

Events September 24, 2021

EVENT | Brittle Paper Instagram Live with Buki Papillon

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Stories and Poems September 24, 2021

Planting is a Heavy Thing | Chioniso Tsikisayi | Poetry

by Chioniso Tsikisayi

Book News September 24, 2021

Masobe To Publish Nigerian Editions of Karen Jennings, Efua Traoré, and Bina Idonije’s Latest Books

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News September 24, 2021

Senegalese Author Felwine Sarr on the 2021 TIME’s 100 List for His Work on Restoring Stolen African Art

by Brittle Paper

Features• News September 23, 2021

The Kendeka Short Story Prize for Literature Announces Shortlist

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News September 23, 2021

British Sierra Leonean Writer Memuna Konteh Shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize

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Stories and Poems September 22, 2021

Forever but Never | Phylix Chika | Fiction

by Phylix Chika

News September 22, 2021

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe Longlisted for the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

NEWS

News September 22, 2021

New Manuscript Prize for African Writers Offers Cash Prize and Publishing Opportunity

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News September 21, 2021

Sarah Ozo-Irabor is the New Director of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

by Brittle Paper

News September 21, 2021

UNESCO Awards Literacy Programs in Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, and South Africa

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News September 20, 2021

The South African Book Development Council Shuts Down

by Brittle Paper

News September 17, 2021

2 African Writers on the Booker Shortlist: Congratulations to Nadifa Mohamed and Damon Galgut

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems September 20, 2021

Grievous Dialogue on the Atlantic Ocean | Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò | Poetry

by Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò

Stories and Poems September 17, 2021

A Language of Silence | Nzube Nlebedim | Fiction

by Nzube Nlebedim

Stories and Poems September 13, 2021

Stolen Property | Dee Allen | Poetry

Stories and Poems September 10, 2021

According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need | Ejiro Edward | Poetry

by Ejiro Edward

Stories and Poems September 06, 2021

My Original Sin | Henry Ugochukwu | Poetry

by Henry Ugochukwu