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PHOTOS | The Funeral of Chimamanda Adichie’s Mother Grace Ijeoma Adichie

by Izunna Okafor

LATEST

News May 14, 2021

African Literature Scholar Jeanne-Marie Jackson Awarded $200,000 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News• Opportunities May 14, 2021

Resource for Writers: Contact Info for 196 Publishers in Africa

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Stories and Poems May 14, 2021

Deep Wave | Fiction | Yvonne Kusiima

by Yvonne Kusiima

News May 13, 2021

“One of the biggest book deals of the year”: Amazon Studios Gets Film Rights to Akwaeke Emezi’s Forthcoming Romance Novel

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News May 13, 2021

Maaza Mengiste Wins 2021 Edgar Award for Best Short Story

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News May 13, 2021

Othuke Umukoro Wins the 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Events May 12, 2021

EVENT | Yolande Mukagasana with Zoe Norridge and Kristen Stern on Writing, Translation, and Testimony

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News May 12, 2021

Namibia’s Rémy Ngamije is the Africa Winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

NEWS

News May 11, 2021

PHOTOS | The Cape Town Launch of Koleka Putuma’s New Poetry Collection

by Brittle Paper

News May 11, 2021

Who’s Who in the Yoruba Pantheon Redefines the Orishas for a New Generation of Readers

by Ainehi Edoro

News May 10, 2021

Africanfuturism: An Anthology is a Locus Awards Finalist!

by Ainehi Edoro

News May 10, 2021

Chibundu Onuzo Announces the Official Single for Her New Novel Sankofa

by Ainehi Edoro

News May 07, 2021

Angolan Writer Kalaf Epalanga’s Debut Novel Whites Can Dance Too Acquired by Faber

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems May 12, 2021

We Were Given Deadlines to Submit Our Reasons for Doing “Buttock Enlargement” | Poetry | Flourish Joshua

by Flourish Joshua

Stories and Poems May 07, 2021

Ahmed’s Parting Gift | Fiction | Oluwatosin Okewole

by oluwatosin okewole

Stories and Poems May 04, 2021

Broken Soliloquies | Poetry | Meshalini Govender

by Meshalini Govender

Stories and Poems April 30, 2021

After Me, Everything Sucks | Poetry | Precious Uwen

by Precious Uwen

Stories and Poems April 28, 2021

Men Never Get Satisfied | Fiction | Tom Patrick Nzabonimpa

by Patrick Nzabonimpa