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Submit to Brittle Paper’s Children’s Anthology | Deadline: 9 June 2025

by Tahzeeb Akram

LATEST

Series• Stories and Poems May 24, 2025

Memoirs of a Serial Best Man: Meet CJ | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Submissions Editor

News May 23, 2025

4 Ways to Help South African Indie Press Modjaji Books Stay Alfoat

by Jagravi Dave

News May 23, 2025

Zimbabwean Author Yvette Lisa Ndlovu Named Finalist for Inaugural DAG Prize for Literature

by Jagravi Dave

News May 23, 2025

Ainehi Edoro Breaks Down the Magic of Nigerian Literature for Africa Month Interview with SABC

by Submissions Editor

Essays• Stories and Poems May 23, 2025

The Colonizer’s Wench | Shari Egbuchulem | Essay

by Shari Egbuchulem

News May 22, 2025

Inua Ellams Launches New Project “Stained Metal” in Free Event on May 28, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

News May 22, 2025

Sisonke Msimang Withdraws from Sydney Writers’ Festival over Airbnb’s Ties to Israeli Settlements

by Jagravi Dave

Book Reviews May 22, 2025

Congolese Identity and The Burden of Silence: A Review of Where You Go, I Will Go by Christina Fonthes

NEWS

News May 21, 2025

Mr Loverman Wins Two BAFTAs!

by Jagravi Dave

News May 21, 2025

Shortlist Announced for 2025 BCA African Business Book of the Year Awards

by Jagravi Dave

News• Opportunities May 20, 2025

Simon & Schuster UK Launches New Chapter Award for Unpublished Authors of Color | Deadline: July 31, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

News May 19, 2025

Uganda’s Zabu Wamara and South Africa’s Kristien Potgieter Win 2025 Island Prize for African Fiction

by Jagravi Dave

News May 19, 2025

Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata Warrior Spotted in Netflix’s Teen Drama Forever

by Ainehi Edoro

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems May 21, 2025

A Madness | Fancy Goodman | Creative Non-Fiction

by Fancy Goodman

Essays• Stories and Poems May 19, 2025

We Should All Be Pansexual – An Essay on Decolonial Love | Mmampe Mahlane | Essay

by Mmampe Mahlane

Essays• Stories and Poems May 16, 2025

The Naija Lesbian: A Public Spectacle | Ikponwosa Ogieva | Essay

by Ikponwosa Ogieva

Stories and Poems May 14, 2025

Kabibi’s Wondrous Travel Plan | Sabrina Moella | Fiction

by Sabrina Moella

Stories and Poems May 12, 2025

Things That Are Still Hers | Favor Ekanem | Fiction

by Favor Ekanem