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African Literary Community Pushes Back on The Atlantic’s AI Claims About Caine Prize Winner Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza

by Blessing Uwisike

LATEST

Essays October 13, 2026

Losing the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature: The Writers Must Receive Our Kindness by Obinna Udenwe

by Submissions Editor

Events October 13, 2026

Bibi Bakare-Yusuf on Why Power Matters More Than Representation: Rolling Stone Africa Reports from the Black British Book Festival

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 12, 2026

Ogaga Ifowodo Wins the $100,000 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature with Why Does God Need a Gun?

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems October 12, 2026

Perfect Strangers | Masimba Musodza | Fiction

by Masimba Musodza

News October 09, 2026

Ameen Animashaun and Edinam Denoo Win $1,000 Each in the Inaugural Alhaji Arole Agarawu African Poetry Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 09, 2026

Theresa Ikoko’s Award-Winning Play Girls Gets Its First Major UK Revival at the Young Vic, October 22 – November 21, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Events October 09, 2026

Ainehi Edoro-Glines Discusses Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think at the Wisconsin Book Festival, October 15

by Blessing Uwisike

Essays• Stories and Poems October 09, 2026

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

by Lindsay Sesay

NEWS

News October 08, 2026

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

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 07, 2026

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

by Blessing Uwisike

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

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems October 07, 2026

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

by Chylla M. Ubisse

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