Events

Events September 11, 2026

PHOTOS: Inside Kampala Writes LitFest 2026: AI, Decoloniality, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Define African Stories

by Blessing Uwisike

Events • News September 10, 2026

WATCH: A Look Back at Brittle Paper’s Inaugural Literary Festival

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 09, 2026

Macondo Literary Festival 2026, themed “Ink, Sea, Silence,” will take place in Nairobi from September 18–20, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 09, 2026

Namwali Serpell, Mahmood Mamdani, and Conceição Evaristo Headline Harlem Stage’s New York Black & African Literature Festival, September 18–20

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 09, 2026

Sue Nyathi Headlines the 9th Gaborone Book Festival’s Return, Themed “Storytelling and the Environment”

by Submissions Editor

Events September 08, 2026

“History Is Handmade”: Ayesha Harruna Attah and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu Among the Lineup for the 2026 Doek Literary Festival, September 30–October 3

by Submissions Editor

Events • News September 08, 2026

The Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival Was a Homecoming for the Writers We’ve Watched Grow

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 04, 2026

Black British Book Festival Returns October 4 with Nick Makoha, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, and More African Voices at the Barbican

by Blessing Uwisike