One evening in mid-2010, in her apartment in Chicago, Ainehi Edoro, then a PhD student at Duke University, looked up at her husband and mentioned that she was starting a blog. On August 1 of that year, she made her first post, a 264-word reflection on reading and coffee in a cafe. “Now think of […]
Tag Archives: African writers’ birthdays
Helon Habila Turns 50, Thanks Fans for Birthday Wishes
Helon Habila recently celebrated his 50th birthday, and afterwards came on Facebook to thank fans for their wishes. He wrote: Thanks for all your birthday wishes. I turned 50 today. A pioneer of the resurgence of African literature in the 2000s, Habila’s success helped pave the way for many of his contemporaries as well as […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 28 Most Talked-About Moments of Her Career (Updated for 2018)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is 41 today, 15 September. Surprising because we’ve known her from when she was 25, and in the 16 years since, it didn’t concretely occur to us that time was racing past. In these 16 years, she has become arguably our pre-eminent conversation starter in identity politics as well as the most […]
Welcome to Brittle Paper, your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news and juicy updates on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@brittlepaper) and sign up for our "I love African Literature" newsletter.
