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Adichie’s Recent Interview Reopens Old Wounds in the Trans Community

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LATEST

News November 24, 2020

Meron Hadero Wins $10,000 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Events November 24, 2020

Video | Stage Readings of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s and Maaza Mengiste’s Novels Performed by Thandie Newton and Nina Sosanya

by Ainehi Edoro

News November 24, 2020

Cheswayo Mphanza Wins Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Opportunities November 24, 2020

Submit to Flash Fiction Ghana’s “1000 for 1000” Writing Contest

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News November 23, 2020

Tsitsi Dangarembga Did Not Win The Booker Prize, But Her Reaction Inspires Fans

by Ainehi Edoro

Features November 23, 2020

Excerpt: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

by Ainehi Edoro

Features November 20, 2020

Achille Mbembe Tackles Afrofuturism, Afropolitanism, and Decolonization in Theory of the Margins Interview

by Angeline Peterson

Lifestyle November 20, 2020

Liberian-American Novelist Wayétu Moore is Pregnant!

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NEWS

News November 19, 2020

The Dangers of Gossip in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea — Watch Episode 18 of Prof. Ato Quayson’s Vlog

by Angeline Peterson

News November 18, 2020

Maaza Mengiste on the Challenges of Doing Research for African Historical Fiction

by Angeline Peterson

News November 18, 2020

The English Translation of Eritrean Novelist Haji Jabir’s Black Foam is Set for 2021

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

News November 18, 2020

Feminist Giant is Mona Eltahawy’s Newsletter Against “Patriarchal F**kery”

by Angeline Peterson

News November 18, 2020

Literary Scholars Weigh in on Black Panther in Special Issue of Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry

by Angeline Peterson

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems November 02, 2020

Answers That Will Not Be Swallowed | Poetry | Iquo DianaAbasi

by Iquo DianaAbasi

Stories and Poems October 22, 2020

A Collection of Poetry and Reflections on the #ENDSARS Protest | Curated by Jumoke Verissimo and James Yeku

by Jumoke Verissimo and James Yeku

Stories and Poems October 21, 2020

Where I Come From by Chika Unigwe | #ENDSARS

by Chika Unigwe

Series• Stories and Poems• The Decade Project October 18, 2020

Lekki Lekki by Mame Bougouma Diene | Africanfuturism Anthology

by Mame Bougouma Diene

Series• Stories and Poems• The Decade Project October 18, 2020

Fruit of the Calabash by Rafeeat Aliyu | Africanfuturism Anthology

by Rafeeat Aliyu