Brittle Paper – Page 486 – Explore African Literature

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

by Blessing Uwisike

LATEST

Stories and Poems October 21, 2026

A Continent With No Return Address | Tuoyo Palmer | Poetry

by Tuoyo Palmer

News October 20, 2026

Victor Ehikhamenor Debuts Central Hotel, His First Fiction Collection, With Launch on 30 October

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities October 20, 2026

Sabi Arts Launches Playwright Prize for Nigerian Dramatists, With ₦1.4 Million in Awards and a Full Stage Production | Submit by 20 December

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 20, 2026

David Emeka and Anyang Kual Ayai Join the National Book Critics Circle’s 2026-2027 Emerging Critics Cohort

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 19, 2026

Tolu Daniel Joins Saraba Magazine as Editor-at-Large, to Lead Its Nonfiction Push

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 19, 2026

Book Buzz Foundation Delivers on Its Pledge, Unveiling 20 Nigerian Picture Books

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 19, 2026

Wasafiri Announces 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Shortlists After Record Entries, With Africa Up by 172%

by Blessing Uwisike

Book Excerpts October 19, 2026

Excerpt: “A Less Than Ideal Situation” from Tope Owolabi’s There Is Goodness Waiting at Home

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News October 16, 2026

Helon Habila, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Ainehi Edoro, and More Sign On to Promptings, a Proposed Volume on African Literature and AI, Spearheaded by James Yékú

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 16, 2026

Forbes Africa Names Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Among Its 15 Icons, Eight on the List Have Written Books

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 15, 2026

The Center for Fiction Opens a West African Literature Reading Group with Magenta Naaku, Starting November 10

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 15, 2026

Two Nigerian Writers, Ope Adedeji and Svetlana Chigozie Onye, Make the Shortlist for the £1,000 2026 4thWrite Short Story Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News October 14, 2026

Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza, Winner of the 2026 Caine Prize, Releases Statement on The Atlantic’s AI Allegations About “The Blue Fighter”

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems October 19, 2026

Is This Also Love? | Deborah Akhigbe | Poetry

by Deborah Akhigbe

Stories and Poems October 16, 2026

First Generation | Laurène Southe | Poetry

by Laurène Southe

Stories and Poems October 14, 2026

The Lake and the Secrets Beneath | Ibraheem Aleem | Fiction

by Ibraheem Aleem

Stories and Poems October 12, 2026

Perfect Strangers | Masimba Musodza | Fiction

by Masimba Musodza

Essays• Stories and Poems October 09, 2026

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

by Lindsay Sesay