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News September 02, 2026

PHOTOS: Bolu Babalola’s Real-Life Love Story Gets the Vogue Treatment!

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 02, 2026

Zimbabwean Author Blessing Musariri Stands as the Only African Finalist for the $50,000 2026 Kirkus Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 02, 2026

American University in Cairo Press Announces Shortlist for the $5,000 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 01, 2026

Koleka Putuma Nominated 2026 Featured Poet as Poetry Africa Marks its 30th Anniversary Edition

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 01, 2026

“You Are the First Thing Your Mother Could Own”: Taiye Selasi’s Fiction Debut in The New Yorker Is a Firstborn Daughter’s Reckoning

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 31, 2026

The African Speculative Fiction Society Announces the Shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

Events • Home • Lead Post • News • Stories and Poems August 31, 2026

Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition Winners!

by Tahzeeb Akram

News August 28, 2026

“Awaiting the Next Time”: Wasafiri’s 127th Issue Asks What Solidarity Looks Like Amid Genocide and Occupation

by Blessing Uwisike