As part of its Horizons of the Humanities initiative, the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) will be hosting a conversation on the futuristic and political featuring academics and writers. The event, themed “Out There: 5 Talkbits on War Futures in Outer Spaces,” will be “an intimate dialogue centered around questions of territoriality, violence, and […]
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Scholastique Mukasonga’s Novel, Our Lady of the Nile, in Film Production as Short Story Appears in The New Yorker
Rwanda’s best known contemporary writer, Scholastique Mukasonga, author of the novel Our Lady of the Nile (2015) and the memoir Cockroaches (2016), has a new short story and interview in The New Yorker. The story, titled “Cattle Praise Song,” is translated from French by Melanie Mauthner. “I was seven years old and puffed up with pride; I was […]
The 2018 Brittle Paper Anniversary Award: Meet the 8 Finalists
The shortlists for the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in October. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by Africans published online. The $1,100 prize is split across five categories: the Brittle Paper Award for Fiction ($200), the Brittle Paper Award for Poetry ($200), the Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction ($200), the Brittle Paper Award […]
Yasmin Belkhyr, Romeo Oriogun, Liyou Libsekal, JK Anowe Featured in Forthcoming 20.35 Africa Anthology Guest-Edited by Gbenga Adesina and Safia Elhillo
In February, we announced a call for submissions for a new poetry project. The anthology, 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, is the brainchild of a team of Nigerian poets and creatives: Ebenezer Agu; D. E. Benson; Gbenga Adeoba, finalist for the 2018 Brunel Prize; the visual artist Osinachi; and Chisom Okafor, finalist for the 2018 […]
On Black and Arab Identities: Safia Elhillo’s Arab American Book Awards Acceptance Speech
Safia Elhillo has won the 2018 Arab American Book Award, also known as the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award, for her debut poetry collection The January Children. She is the first Sudanese American author to win the award. A leading voice in the contemporary African poetry scene, Elhillo is known for her experimental poetic style and her hard-hitting […]
Attend the Second Edition of the Write with Style Workshop with Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
Following the first edition of the Write With Style Workshop, the award-winning writer, critic, and journalist Oris Aigbokhaevbolo is hosting an expansive second edition on 24 and 25 November 2018. Topics to be covered at the workshop include: – How to write a good sentence – Killing clichés in your writing – Tips and tricks […]
Ngugi’s Novel, Matigari, Is Being Adapted to Film by Nollywood Director Kunle Afolayan
Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s 1987 novel Matigari is being adapted to film by Nollywood director Kunle Afolayan in a co-production with yet undisclosed Kenyan and South African filmmakers. The filmmaker behind such acclaimed films as The Figurine and October 1 revealed this at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs) last month in Kigali, Rwanda. “Ngugi is like the Wole […]
Safia Elhillo Makes a Fashion Statement at the Arab American Book Awards
From Taiye Selasi’s dreamy designer collections and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s flayed sleeves and Dior collaboration to Alain Mabanckou’s dapper suits and glasses and Yvonne Owuor’s elegant dresses, from Chika Unigwe’s on-point accessories to Molara Wood’s newspaper dress and Teju Cole’s Ikire Jones scarves and inspiring a jacket design and Sisonke Msimang’s thigh-high heels and Nnedi Okorafor’s […]
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