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

by Ainehi Edoro

LATEST

News June 19, 2026

“This Weight Is Too Heavy”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Speaks Out on the Death of Her Son and Euracare Hospital’s Response

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems June 19, 2026

Speed | Tamanda Kanjaye | Fiction

by Tamanda Kanjaye

Interviews June 18, 2026

“Steal Something Big Enough… and the Act Becomes Mythology”: Shofela and Shobo Coker on Bronze Faces, the Benin Bronzes, and the Power of the Heist as Homecoming

by Michael Oshindoro

Events June 18, 2026

Afro RomCon Returns For Its Second Edition on June 27, 2026, Themed Love as Resistance

by Submissions Editor

Opportunities June 17, 2026

Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Announces 3rd Edition of The Prize for Publishing in Africa | Deadline: June 30, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems June 17, 2026

I Did Not Consent to This | Naomi Umeh | Fiction

Stories and Poems June 15, 2026

My Name Is a Crime Scene | Black Edward | Creative Non-Fiction

by Black Edward

Book News June 12, 2026

Peabody Award-Winning Cameroonian Filmmaker Osvalde Lewat Makes Her English-Language Debut with The Aquatics

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News June 10, 2026

“I Am Fine and in Excellent Spirits”: The Literary World Rallies Around Okey Ndibe After DSS Detention at Lagos Airport

by SUBMISSIONS EDITOR

News June 09, 2026

Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s Blessings Is Nominated for the Netherlands’ Best Book for Young Adults 2026

by SUBMISSIONS EDITOR

News June 09, 2026

Cameroonian Author Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi’s Woman of the Lake Is Coming This Summer

by Blessing Uwisike

News June 09, 2026

Pictures and Recap: The African Book Festival Berlin 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

News June 08, 2026

“I See it as Affirmation”: Petina Gappah on Winning the 2026 Flora Nwapa Literary Society Award

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems June 12, 2026

Plea | Ayiyi Joel | Poetry

Stories and Poems June 10, 2026

Where Do Black Writers Find Their Happy Place? | Itoro Bassey | Essay

by Itoro Bassey

Stories and Poems June 08, 2026

Abhi | Khadijah Umar Ragada | Poetry

by Khadijah Umar Ragada

Series• Stories and Poems June 07, 2026

On the Road to Banjul | Orake Akpet | Nigeria

by Tahzeeb Akram

Series• Stories and Poems June 06, 2026

Mercy in Manchester: Diasporic Diaries | Mercy Eni | Entry 6