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Open Book Festival 2026 Programme Is Out: I.O. Echeruo, Gabeba Baderoon, Sue Nyathi, Kopano Matlwa, and Krystle Zara Appiah are Panelists at Cape Town’s Biggest Literary Weekend

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Opportunities August 11, 2026

Call for Submissions: Dominion II Seeks Speculative Fiction of Black Resistance | Submit by February 28, 2027

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Book Feature August 10, 2026

Scholastique Mukasonga’s Murmurs from the Hills: Rwandan Tales Turns from the Genocide to an Ancient, Mythic Rwanda

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Opportunities August 10, 2026

Élékéré Press Launches Inaugural $500 Fiction Prize Themed “Inheritance”

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Opportunities August 10, 2026

A Third Space Opens Submissions Today for New Queer West African Anthology, Mismemories; Offers $100 Honorarium | Deadline: September 30

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Events August 07, 2026

Dua Lipa to Host Sudanese-Canadian Poet Mustafa for a Night of Poetry at London Literature Festival

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News August 07, 2026

Chigozie Obioma’s Producer Debut Call of My Life Closes In on ₦1 Billion, Becomes Nollywood’s Highest-Grossing Film of 2026

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News August 07, 2026

Zimbabwean Playwright Petina Gappah Reflects on Yellow Dog Dingo’s Premiere, Calls It a Moment That “United People Across the Spectrum”

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