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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

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News July 23, 2026

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

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News July 23, 2026

Chika Unigwe’s Grace Is Headed to Russia and Slovenia!

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

Essays July 22, 2026

Talking African Storytelling in Berlin with Ben Okri and Ainehi Edoro

by AINEHI EDORO

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

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

News July 21, 2026

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

by BRITTLE PAPER STAFF

News July 20, 2026

The Long, Complicated Road of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, From Million-Dollar Deal to Movie Set Drama

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 20, 2026

Lola Shoneyin Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 18, 2026

£100,000 and a New Name: The International Booker Prize Enters Its Next Chapter

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 18, 2026

Nigerian-American Poet Chisaraokwu Asomugha Named a 2026 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow

by Submissions Editor

STORIES & POEMS

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

Stories and Poems July 13, 2026

A Shroud Woven In | Aderonke Adeola | Fiction

by Aderonke Adeola

Stories and Poems July 10, 2026

Things A Girl Should Know | Ifeoluwa Olumuyiwa | Fiction

by Ifeoluwa Olumuyiwa