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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

LATEST

Interviews August 11, 2026

“My Stories Are Beyond Me” — Tomilola Coco Adeyemo on Yeye Osun, Jazz, and the Making of Efun’s Jazz

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Events August 11, 2026

Open Book Festival 2026 Programme Is Out: I.O. Echeruo, Gabeba Baderoon, Sue Nyathi, Kopano Matlwa, and Krystle Zara Appiah are Panelists at Cape Town’s Biggest Literary Weekend

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities August 11, 2026

Call for Submissions: Dominion II Seeks Speculative Fiction of Black Resistance | Submit by February 28, 2027

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Feature August 10, 2026

Scholastique Mukasonga’s Murmurs from the Hills: Rwandan Tales Turns from the Genocide to an Ancient, Mythic Rwanda

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities August 10, 2026

Élékéré Press Launches Inaugural $500 Fiction Prize Themed “Inheritance”

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities August 10, 2026

A Third Space Opens Submissions Today for New Queer West African Anthology, Mismemories; Offers $100 Honorarium | Deadline: September 30

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems August 10, 2026

Whose People Are You? | Chaya Seewoonarain | Creative Non-Fiction

by Chaya Seewoonarain

Stories and Poems August 10, 2026

Zlan ɓo (The Creator is Inside the Noise) | Daniel Rightman Badom | Poetry

by Daniel Rightman Badom

NEWS

News August 07, 2026

Chigozie Obioma’s Producer Debut Call of My Life Closes In on ₦1 Billion, Becomes Nollywood’s Highest-Grossing Film of 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 07, 2026

Zimbabwean Playwright Petina Gappah Reflects on Yellow Dog Dingo’s Premiere, Calls It a Moment That “United People Across the Spectrum”

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 04, 2026

Fatima Bala Launches “The Lies We Tell,” Her Third Book, With Sold-Out Events in Abuja and Lagos

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 03, 2026

Nigerian Singer Tems Becomes First Woman to Executive Produce a Soundtrack at This Scale, Curates Music for Children of Blood and Bone

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 31, 2026

Trailer Watch: Paramount Pictures Releases First Look at Children of Blood and Bone

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems August 07, 2026

No. 32 Ene Ndem | Anthonia Okokon | Fiction

by Anthonia Okokon

Stories and Poems August 05, 2026

Liturgy of the Borderline | Joseph Ikhenoba | Poetry

by Joseph Ikhenoba

Stories and Poems August 03, 2026

Landfill | Uyiosa Ogieva | Fiction

by Uyiosa Ogieva

Stories and Poems July 31, 2026

Love, and Mutton Pilau | Aziz Durrani | Fiction

by Aziz Durrani

Stories and Poems July 29, 2026

The Ancient Profession of Being a Cat | Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed | Fiction

by Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed