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Interviews • News

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

by Blessing Uwisike

LATEST

Essays• Stories and Poems October 09, 2026

Dear Gigi | Lindsay Sesay | International Day of the Girl Child

by Lindsay Sesay

News October 08, 2026

Ooreoluwa O. Agbede Wins the ₦2,000,000 Quramo Writers’ Prize 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities October 08, 2026

Submissions Open for the $1,500 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry | Submit by November 1

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News October 08, 2026

Masobe Books Acquires and Reissues Sue Nyathi’s The Polygamist, Now a Netflix Hit

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 07, 2026

Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza Wins the £10,000 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News October 07, 2026

British-Nigerian Writer Abimbola Omisore Wins Simon & Schuster UK’s New Chapter Award

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems October 07, 2026

The Green Book | Chylla M. Ubisse | Creative Non-Fiction

by Chylla M. Ubisse

Book Feature October 06, 2026

Jessica George Makes Friendship the Main Story in Love by the Book

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

NEWS

News October 06, 2026

13 Books Make the Longlist for the $20,000 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 05, 2026

Nigerian Poet Rasaq Malik Gbolahan Shortlisted for the CA$20,000 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 01, 2026

Cassava Republic Press Celebrates 20 Years of African Publishing in New Al Jazeera Feature

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 01, 2026

Ethiopian American Writer Maaza Mengiste Is a Recipient of the $800,000 2026 MacArthur Genius Grant

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 30, 2026

Élékéré Press Announces Shortlist for its Inaugural Short Story Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems October 05, 2026

What the Sea Returns | Yasmine Ramos | Poetry

by Yasmine Ramos

Stories and Poems October 02, 2026

Aaliyah | Halima Shaibu | Fiction

by Halima Shaibu

Stories and Poems September 30, 2026

For It Is by Grace You Have Been Saved | Gathigia Warui | Creative Non-Fiction

by Gathigia Warui

Stories and Poems September 28, 2026

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

Stories and Poems September 25, 2026

Dār / Ilé | Wardah Abbas | Poetry

by Wardah Abbas