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Features • News • Stories and Poems June 05, 2020

Kwame Dawes’s “Yard Boy”: A Powerful Poem for Our Moment

by Brittle Paper

Features • News June 03, 2020

Petina Gappah to Write Play About the Censorship History of Dambudzo Marechera’s Novel Black Sunlight

by Brittle Paper

Features • News June 01, 2020

Petina Gappah’s Out of Darkness, Shining Light Wins the 2020 Chautauqua Prize

by Angeline Peterson

Features • News May 30, 2020

Chimamanda Adichie Shares the Ins-and-Outs of Writing Half of A Yellow Sun for Biafra Remembrance Day

by Brittle Paper

Features • News May 29, 2020

Teju Cole’s Essay on The Disposability of Black Lives is Essential Reading for Our Current Moment

by Ainehi Edoro

Features • News May 27, 2020

#WeTurnToBooks Returns! Catch Nnedi Okorafor, Kiru Taye, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, & Ayesha Harruna Attah Live on Instagram

by Brittle Paper

Features • News May 25, 2020

All the Scoop on Fiston Mujila’s Forthcoming Novel The Villain’s Dance

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Features • News May 25, 2020

Bakwa Books Acquires English Translation Rights for Hemley Boum’s Recent Novel

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh