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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

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News August 03, 2026

Nigerian Singer Tems Becomes First Woman to Executive Produce a Soundtrack at This Scale, Curates Music for Children of Blood and Bone

by Blessing Uwisike

Lifestyle August 03, 2026

Acclaimed Nigerian Poet Wana Udobang (Wana Wana) Returns After Six-Year Hiatus with Fourth Album, ‘Dissonance’

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems August 03, 2026

Landfill | Uyiosa Ogieva | Fiction

by Uyiosa Ogieva

Events August 03, 2026

Soma Nami Books’ African Book Fair Returns for its Fourth Edition in Nairobi | August 5-9, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

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

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 July 29, 2026

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

by Blessing Uwisike

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