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Features • News July 12, 2019

Apply to BlackBird Books’ 4-Week Residency for Black Womxn Writers

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 12, 2019

Richard Akuson, Founder of A Nasty Boy, Reflects on Homophobia, Being Censored by Family, & a Personal Irony of Queer Pride

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 12, 2019

Helen Moffett, Editing Mentor at Short Story Day Africa, on the Necessity of Trust between Editors and Writers

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 12, 2019

British Airways under Pressure Over Mishandling of Nigerian Poet Dami Ajayi’s Stolen Laptop, Four Days After It Was Reported

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 10, 2019

Pioneering Publisher & Editor Margaret Busby Receives the Inaugural Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 10, 2019

Writers on Social Media: Vol. 2 | Feat. Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Ellah Allfrey, E.C. Osondu, Nnedi Okorafor, Chika Unigwe, Maaza Mengiste, Farafina Magazine, & More

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 08, 2019

Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins the 2019 Caine Prize, on Her Third Shortlisting

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News July 07, 2019

Maaza Mengiste’s Forthcoming Novel, The Shadow King, Set During the Italian Invasion of 1935, Centers the Ethiopian Women Who Have Been Ignored in Historical Records

by Otosirieze Obi-Young