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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

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News July 31, 2026

Trailer Watch: Paramount Pictures Releases First Look at Children of Blood and Bone

by Blessing Uwisike

Events July 31, 2026

Poet Kemi Alabi Brings MELONCHOLIA, a Black Rage Ritual, to Chicago This Fall

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Lists July 31, 2026

12 Books at the Heart of Congolese Literature

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Stories and Poems July 31, 2026

Love, and Mutton Pilau | Aziz Durrani | Fiction

by Aziz Durrani

News July 31, 2026

Kenyan Scholar Christopher Ouma Named New Host of Duke’s Acclaimed “Left of Black” Series

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 30, 2026

Akwaeke Emezi Weighs In on the Beyoncé-Scored Children of Blood and Bone Trailer

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 30, 2026

Chigozie Obioma is Cover Star in Fifty Four Magazine’s 15th Issue, “Written Legacy”

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 30, 2026

“I never want to hear about this project again”: Tomi Adeyemi Responds to the Children of Blood and Bone Trailer

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News July 29, 2026

Toheeb Jimoh and Dujonna Gift Lead BBC’s Screen Adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 29, 2026

Miracle Uzoigwe and Goodness Aremu Adejare Win Inaugural Pius Oleghe Poetry and Literary Awards, Take Home ₦1,000,000 Each

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 28, 2026

Fiston Mwanza Mujila Becomes First African Writer to Win Austria’s Erich Fried Prize, Worth €15,000

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 28, 2026

Safal Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Marks 10th Anniversary with Wins for Salim Hussein Ng’anzi and Ali Hilal Ali totaling $10,000

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 27, 2026

NLNG Announces 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature Longlist: Adedayo Agarau, Tanure Ojaide, Ogaga Ifowodo, Theresa Lola & More Contend for $100,000 Poetry Prize

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems July 29, 2026

The Ancient Profession of Being a Cat | Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed | Fiction

by Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed

Stories and Poems July 27, 2026

God Forbid | Somtoo Celestine Ezioha | Fiction

by Somtoo Celestine Ezioha

Stories and Poems July 24, 2026

Bruised Ones | Faatima Kabir | Fiction

by Faatima Kabir

Stories and Poems July 22, 2026

What the Fallen Seed Knows | Bill Nwonwu | Poetry

Essays• Stories and Poems July 22, 2026

The Forest Inside: On Forest Imaginaries and the Domestic Interior | Salmah Oiza Salam | Essay

by Salmah Oiza Salam