Brittle Paper – Page 671 – Explore African Literature

“My Stories Are Beyond Me” — Tomilola Coco Adeyemo on Yeye Osun, Jazz, and the Making of Efun’s Jazz

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

LATEST

News August 19, 2026

“This is for our Kids” — Seun Kuti’s Love for Pan-African Spaces Brings Him to the Fight to Save 1 Million Black Books

by Submissions Editor

Stories and Poems August 19, 2026

Immigrant Prayer Against Romance | Albrin Junior | Poetry

by Albrin Junior

Essays August 18, 2026

Lagos International Festival of Illustrations Returns for 2026, Bringing Together Illustrators from Nigeria, Italy, Poland, and Latin America

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News August 17, 2026

Gaël Faye’s Rwandan Roots Anchor Jacaranda, Faye’s New Novel Told Across Four Generations

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 17, 2026

HummingBird Journal’s Third Issue Asks What It Means to Be “Authentically African”

by Blessing Uwisike

Events August 17, 2026

Inside “The Transition Edition”: A Snapshot of the Nairobi-based Qwani Literature Festival 2026

by Submissions Editor

Stories and Poems August 17, 2026

Makwerekwere Abahambe! | Black Edward | Fiction

by Black Edward

Book Excerpts August 14, 2026

Excerpt: Of Dreams and Quiet Wars: Whispers I Gathered in the Dark by Annabel Sylvester Oromoni

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News August 12, 2026

Nine Writers Selected for Second Cohort of ANA Ken Saro-Wiwa International Writers’ Residency

by Blessing Uwisike

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

by Blessing Uwisike

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”

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 04, 2026

Fatima Bala Launches “The Lies We Tell,” Her Third Book, With Sold-Out Events in Abuja and Lagos

by Blessing Uwisike

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

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems August 14, 2026

The African Dream | Uchanma Kama | Poetry

by Uchanma Kama

Stories and Poems August 14, 2026

What the Muezzin Taught Me About Line Breaks | Ibraheem Uthman | Creative Non-Fiction

by Ibraheem Uthman

Stories and Poems August 12, 2026

What Prayers Carried | Boniface Ikedi | Fiction

by Boniface Ikedi

Stories and Poems August 10, 2026

Whose People Are You? | Chaya Seewoonarain | Creative Non-Fiction

by Chaya Seewoonarain

Stories and Poems August 10, 2026

Zlan ɓo (The Creator is Inside the Noise) | Daniel Rightman Badom | Poetry

by Daniel Rightman Badom