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“My Stories Are Beyond Me” — Tomilola Coco Adeyemo on Yeye Osun, Jazz, and the Making of Efun’s Jazz

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

LATEST

Book Lists August 21, 2026

10 African Fiction Books That Defined This Summer

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Features August 21, 2026

30 African Book Covers That Have Captured Our Hearts This Year (So Far)

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Stories and Poems August 21, 2026

Other Confessions | Nadera Awiti | Fiction

by Nadera Awiti

News August 20, 2026

Inside Immaculata Abba’s Restful, an Anthology for the Weary Nigerian Heart + An Excerpt from Stella Inabo’s “The Passport Photo of Stephen Aduku”

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 20, 2026

Masakhane Names 26 Grantees for LINGUA Africa, Its Push to Put African Languages at the Center of AI

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 19, 2026

Chika Unigwe’s O. Henry Prize-Winning Story “Miracle in Lagos Traffic” Comes to Life on Selected Shorts

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 19, 2026

“This is for our Kids” — Seun Kuti’s Love for Pan-African Spaces Brings Him to the Fight to Save 1 Million Black Books

by Submissions Editor

Stories and Poems August 19, 2026

Immigrant Prayer Against Romance | Albrin Junior | Poetry

by Albrin Junior

NEWS

News August 17, 2026

HummingBird Journal’s Third Issue Asks What It Means to Be “Authentically African”

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 12, 2026

Nine Writers Selected for Second Cohort of ANA Ken Saro-Wiwa International Writers’ Residency

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 07, 2026

Chigozie Obioma’s Producer Debut Call of My Life Closes In on ₦1 Billion, Becomes Nollywood’s Highest-Grossing Film of 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 07, 2026

Zimbabwean Playwright Petina Gappah Reflects on Yellow Dog Dingo’s Premiere, Calls It a Moment That “United People Across the Spectrum”

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 04, 2026

Fatima Bala Launches “The Lies We Tell,” Her Third Book, With Sold-Out Events in Abuja and Lagos

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems August 17, 2026

Makwerekwere Abahambe! | Black Edward | Fiction

by Black Edward

Stories and Poems August 14, 2026

The African Dream | Uchanma Kama | Poetry

by Uchanma Kama

Stories and Poems August 14, 2026

What the Muezzin Taught Me About Line Breaks | Ibraheem Uthman | Creative Non-Fiction

by Ibraheem Uthman

Stories and Poems August 12, 2026

What Prayers Carried | Boniface Ikedi | Fiction

by Boniface Ikedi

Stories and Poems August 10, 2026

Whose People Are You? | Chaya Seewoonarain | Creative Non-Fiction

by Chaya Seewoonarain