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Interviews • News

Oyinkan Braithwaite Interviews Wunmi Mosaku for British Vogue’s October Issue

by Blessing Uwisike

LATEST

Interviews September 28, 2026

Decoding the Covers of Birth of Orisha: Oghenechovwe Ekpeki on Ifá Binary, African Cosmology, and the Black Holes

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Opportunities September 28, 2026

African Studies Association of Africa Opens Submissions for the 2027 Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 28, 2026

Bernardine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman Is Coming to the Stage at London’s National Theatre

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems September 28, 2026

Portrait of My Father’s Life & Vicissitudes | Qudus Olowo | Creative Non-Fiction

Book Feature September 27, 2026

Kelechi Okafor’s YA Debut Are You Still Watching? Imagines Life as an Intergalactic Reality Show

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Lists September 25, 2026

10 African Books That Take on Mental Health

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Book Feature September 25, 2026

Nerine Dorman’s Legacy of Obsidian Begins With a Prince Who Isn’t Ready to Be King

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Book Feature September 25, 2026

Cajetan Iheka’s Horizontal Comparison Takes On Comparative Literature’s “Africa Problem”

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News September 24, 2026

Omayeli Arenyeka’s Itsẹkiri Language Folktale Kp’ọjọ Kp’ọjọ Featured in The HTML Review

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 24, 2026

18-Year-Old Nigerian-American Poet Daniel Umemezie Becomes the US 2026 National Youth Poet Laureate

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 23, 2026

Emmanuel Akinwotu Appointed The New York Times’ West Africa Correspondent

by SUBMISSIONS EDITOR

News September 23, 2026

PHOTOS: Book Buzz Foundation Wraps the 2026 Edition of the Lagos International Festival of Illustrations

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 22, 2026

“Let the World Come to South Africa”: Damon Galgut, South African Booker Prize Winner, on Finding His Voice

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems September 25, 2026

Dār / Ilé | Wardah Abbas | Poetry

by Wardah Abbas

Stories and Poems September 23, 2026

A Pinch of Hot Pepper | Christian Emecheta | Fiction

by Christian Emecheta

Stories and Poems September 21, 2026

The New Love Language | Owen Habel Lwanda | Poetry

by Owen Habel Lwanda

Stories and Poems September 18, 2026

The Day Nani Turned Black | Wairimu Hari | Fiction

by Wairimu Hari

Stories and Poems September 16, 2026

Salt Keeps No Ledger | Ismail Adekunle Hassan | Poetry

by Hassan Ismail Adekunle