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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

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Events July 27, 2026

Gaborone Book Festival Names Dr. Kirk Sides Co-Curator for Its 9th Edition, Save the Date: August 20–22

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 27, 2026

NLNG Announces 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature Longlist: Adedayo Agarau, Tanure Ojaide, Ogaga Ifowodo, Theresa Lola & More Contend for $100,000 Poetry Prize

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Interviews July 27, 2026

“It’s two people who are cautious about love” Mowa Badmos Describes Love From the Cosmos

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Events July 27, 2026

Thinking Africa and the Diaspora in Berlin: A Run-Through of Afrolution 2026 (Photos)

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems July 27, 2026

God Forbid | Somtoo Celestine Ezioha | Fiction

by Somtoo Celestine Ezioha

Book Lists July 24, 2026

22 African Literature Books That Made 2016 Unforgettable

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Events July 24, 2026

Eghosa Imasuen’s The Challengers Reimagines the Nigerian Business Story as Literary Nonfiction

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems July 24, 2026

Bruised Ones | Faatima Kabir | Fiction

by Faatima Kabir

NEWS

News July 23, 2026

Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest) Announces the Inaugural Cohort of Its Craft and Development Lab

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 22, 2026

Ten Years of Recognizing Kiswahili Literature: The Safal Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Announces Its 2025 Shortlist

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

Olufunke Grace Bankole Wins the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for The Edge of Water

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Regina King and More: The First Images from Children of Blood and Bone Have Arrived

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

PEN America’s President Dinaw Mengestu Resigns Over Article on Jewish and Israeli Writers

by BRITTLE PAPER STAFF

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems July 22, 2026

What the Fallen Seed Knows | Bill Nwonwu | Poetry

Essays• Stories and Poems July 22, 2026

The Forest Inside: On Forest Imaginaries and the Domestic Interior | Salmah Oiza Salam | Essay

by Salmah Oiza Salam

Essays• Stories and Poems July 17, 2026

The Weight of Small Successes | Emmanuel O. Afolabi | Essay

by Emmanuel O. Afolabi

Essays• Stories and Poems July 17, 2026

The Manuscript and the Market: Notes from a Ugandan Self-Publisher | Wadizakais Nasuru | Essay

by Wadizakais Nasuru

Stories and Poems July 15, 2026

Nostalgia | Owen Habel Lwanda | Poetry

by Owen Habel Lwanda