Twelve months after the call for submissions was made in January, we are happy to announce that Erotic Africa: The Sex Anthology will arrive on our website on 15 December. The anthology, edited by Nigerian writer Sibbyl Whyte, collects fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by 23 writers: Chibuihe Obi, Joyce Nawiri, Kwoh .B. Elonge, Alvin Kathembe, Bryan Okwesili, Michael Larri, Eudiah Kamonjo, Anthony Madukwe, Osinachi, Savannah Mafia, Blessing Nwodo, DT Harry, Ernest Ogunyemi, Erhu Amreyan, Bubbllinna, Precious C.K., Jerry Edo, Shammah Godoz, Hussani Abdulrahim, Alithnayn Abdulkareem, Kaodilichi Ogamba, Raphael d’Abdon, and Filemon Iiyambo.

If you want to know the state of sex in African literature, here are a few reads to get you acquainted:

How Keen Are African Novelists on Sex?

Leading Romance Writers Dissect the State of Sex Scenes in African Fiction

Series: Sex in African Novels

Tiah Beautement’s Advice for People Writing Erotica

Erotic Africa: The Sex Anthology will be the fourth anthology published online by Brittle Paper in 2018, following 14’s The Inward Gaze in January, the Afro Anthology Series’ Selves: An Afro Anthology of Creative Nonfiction in February, and 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry in November. The anthology will be the tenth we have published since 2016.

While you wait for it, check out our other anthologies HERE.