When he’s not writing or making panel decisions or googling Rihanna, Otosirieze Obi-Young runs a personal blog on his website, where he occasionally puts up posts of movie reviews or reposts short stories or writing life advice. Recently, he posted a list of literary agencies, most of which are open to submissions from African writers. Drawing from his own experience in getting an agent, he goes as far as providing the list of African writers represented by the agencies.
The relevance of literary agencies for writers seeking to be published is not up for debate, and in a situation where access to information is determined by some sort of connection, many young writers could potentially be left shortchanged and misguided.
Obi-Young’s list includes Nicole Aragi of Aragi Inc. who represents Nuruddin Farah and Nadifa Mohamed, Wendy Goldman Rohm of Rohm Literary Agency who represents Taiye Selasi, and Jessica Craig of Pontas Agency who represents Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Chigozie Obioma.
Check out the full list here and start querying.
Tugume Benon February 07, 2023 05:51
I'm a Ugandan Screenwriter, currently writing an interesting series. Season 1 is done (9 marvellous Episodes). Season 2 is underway. “The Incisive; A coincidence” is a fascinating extreme of coincidences of an unparalleled interracial love story of a young man who finds himself madly falling in love with the daughter of his victim while living in the victim’s house – this spellbinding DRAMA / ROMANCE / CRIME is of course engrossed in inordinate racism, culture, conflict, lies, jealousness, fear, temptation, secrets, agony and betrayal. I believe the riveting suspense, high stakes, dynamic characters, gripping storylines and the universal themes in this sequel will appeal to a very wide audience locally and internationally. I'm here seeking representation; agents, managers, producers, partners and more. Email me at: [email protected] Any kind of help will be appreciated. Thanks