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News April 29, 2026

Nigerian poet Gbenga Adesina’s Death Does Not End at the Sea Is Shortlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize worth C$130,000

by Blessing Uwisike

News April 29, 2026

Zukiswa Wanner Receives Honorary Doctorate From the University of the Free State

by Blessing Uwisike

Essays • Home • Lead Post • News April 29, 2026

Africanfuturism in Wisconsin High School Classrooms: Notes from Nnedi Okorafor’s Great World Texts Visit

by Ainehi Edoro

News April 29, 2026

Six African Authors Make 2026 Locus Awards Finalists—Nnedi Okorafor Scores Three Nominations

by Blessing Uwisike

News April 27, 2026

Nigerian Poet Iheoma J. Uzomba Wins the 2026 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry worth $1,500

by Blessing Uwisike

News April 27, 2026

Ankara Press and Zikoko Are Turning Nigeria’s Wildest Love Stories Into a Fiction Anthology

by Submissions Editor

News April 24, 2026

Cassava Republic Press Becomes the First African-Owned, Black and Woman-Led Independent Press to Land on the Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist in the Award’s Thirty-Year History

by Blessing Uwisike

Events • Home • Lead Post • News April 23, 2026

750 Wisconsin High Schoolers Showed Up for Nnedi Okorafor | See All the Photos!

by Blessing Uwisike