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News September 04, 2026

2026 Caine Prize Shortlist: Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, and Zimbabwe Represented

by Blessing Uwisike

Events September 04, 2026

Black British Book Festival Returns October 4 with Nick Makoha, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, and More African Voices at the Barbican

by Blessing Uwisike

Stories and Poems September 04, 2026

The Women Who Buried Hope | Dammy Ojikutu | Fiction

by Dammy Ojikutu

Book Feature September 03, 2026

Areej Gamal’s Mariam, It’s Arwa Finds Love in the Shadow of Revolution

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

Book Excerpts September 03, 2026

Excerpt: Live for Me, Nkem by Nneka Oluoha

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 03, 2026

Modjaji Books Brings Together 19 Poets from Across Southern Africa to Release Gathered Seams

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 03, 2026

Five Filmmakers Move Forward for the Inaugural $20,000 Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 02, 2026

PHOTOS: Bolu Babalola’s Real-Life Love Story Gets the Vogue Treatment!

by Blessing Uwisike

NEWS

News September 02, 2026

Zimbabwean Author Blessing Musariri Stands as the Only African Finalist for the $50,000 2026 Kirkus Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 02, 2026

American University in Cairo Press Announces Shortlist for the $5,000 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 01, 2026

Koleka Putuma Nominated 2026 Featured Poet as Poetry Africa Marks its 30th Anniversary Edition

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 01, 2026

“You Are the First Thing Your Mother Could Own”: Taiye Selasi’s Fiction Debut in The New Yorker Is a Firstborn Daughter’s Reckoning

by Blessing Uwisike

News August 31, 2026

The African Speculative Fiction Society Announces the Shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards

by Blessing Uwisike

STORIES & POEMS

Stories and Poems September 02, 2026

Hunt | Aeesha Abdullahi Alhaji | Poetry

by Aeesha Abdullahi Alhaji

Stories and Poems August 31, 2026

Mirror Mirror, Who Is the Ugliest of Them All? | Precious Nzeakor | Fiction

by Precious Nzeakor

Stories and Poems August 28, 2026

What Fossil and My Father Taught Me | Christy Ogbenjuwa | Fiction

by Christy Ogbenjuwa

Stories and Poems August 26, 2026

The Cafe Owner | Salem Matenga | Fiction

by Salem Matenga

Stories and Poems August 24, 2026

Blind Luck | Nana T. Baffour-Awuah | Poetry

by Nana T. Baffour-Awuah