Brittle Paper – Page 22 – Explore African Literature

News • Opportunities

Submit to Brittle Paper’s Horror Anthology | Deadline: 31 May 2026

by Tahzeeb Akram

LATEST

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

Stories and Poems June 12, 2026

Plea | Ayiyi Joel | Poetry

Book News June 11, 2026

Chinelo Okparanta Announces Her Third Novel, This Impossible Life, Coming This November from Mariner Books

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News June 11, 2026

NEW BOOK ALERT: Akwaeke Emezi Is Finally Writing Full Fantasy | Eclipse & the Wolf Is Coming in 2027

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 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

Stories and Poems June 05, 2026

I Keep Writing Love Even When the World Is at War | Salmah Oiza Salam | Creative Non-Fiction

by Salmah Oiza Salam