Brittle Paper – Explore African Literature

“What Does the Poem Say About Nigeria?” A Conversation with the Three Finalists for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2026: Ogaga Ifowodo, James Ngwu Eze, and Tares Oburumu

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

LATEST

Book Feature September 14, 2026

Rutendo Chichaya’s Anchored Stitches Finds Beauty in the Work of Mending

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Book News September 14, 2026

Kwame Onwuachi Announces All Hours Book Tour, Featuring an Ava DuVernay Conversation and a Lincoln Center Show

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 14, 2026

The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African Writing Announces 2026 Shortlists for Debut and Main Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

Interviews September 14, 2026

“People are people anywhere they are” Leye Adenle on Writing Crime Thrillers That Feel Nigerian

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Stories and Poems September 14, 2026

Interviews | Victor Kigo | Fiction

Events September 11, 2026

PHOTOS: Inside Kampala Writes LitFest 2026: AI, Decoloniality, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Define African Stories

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 11, 2026

British-Nigerian Screenwriter Thara Popoola Wins the £1,000 Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

Features September 11, 2026

25 Years Since 9/11, Mauritanian Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi Reflect on His Detention

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

Events• News September 10, 2026

WATCH: A Look Back at Brittle Paper’s Inaugural Literary Festival

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 10, 2026

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Is Making a Documentary on Onitsha Market Literature, Titled Life Turns Man Up and Down

by Submissions Editor

News September 08, 2026

Two Nigerian Poets, Tolu Oloruntoba and Othuke Umukoro, Shortlisted for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry

by Blessing Uwisike

Events• News September 08, 2026

The Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival Was a Homecoming for the Writers We’ve Watched Grow

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 04, 2026

2026 Caine Prize for African Writing Shortlist: Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, and Zimbabwe Represented

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems September 11, 2026

May It Not Be Us | Miracle Ididi | Fiction

by Miracle Ididi

Stories and Poems September 09, 2026

VE-GE-TA-BLE | Mohamed Zefzaf | Creative Non-Fiction

by Mohamed Zefzaf

Essays• Stories and Poems September 08, 2026

The Case of the Missing Whodunit | Temitope Usman | Essay

by Temitope Usman

Stories and Poems September 07, 2026

The Uncounted | John Ekam | Fiction

Stories and Poems September 04, 2026

The Women Who Buried Hope | Dammy Ojikutu | Fiction

by Dammy Ojikutu