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

Stories and Poems September 16, 2026

Salt Keeps No Ledger | Ismail Adekunle Hassan | Poetry

by Hassan Ismail Adekunle

Book Feature September 15, 2026

Wanjirũ G. Mbure’s Out for Glamour in Africa Rewrites the Story of Black Womanhood Through Drum Magazine’s Archive

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 15, 2026

Shirlene Obuobi Serves Look After Look on Her Die for Me Book Tour, and She’s Putting Us All Onto African Designers

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 15, 2026

Oyinkan Braithwaite Joins Judging Panel for the Women’s Prize Trust’s Discoveries 2027

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 15, 2026

The African Art Book Fair Returns to Dakar for Its Sixth Edition, Part of the 2026 Dakar Biennale | November 19–22, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

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

NEWS

News September 11, 2026

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

by Blessing Uwisike

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

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems September 14, 2026

Interviews | Victor Kigo | Fiction

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