Leading arts & politics collective Chimurenga has been awarded the Vera List Center for Art and Politics’ 2018-20 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice. The announcement was made at the New School, New York, where the Center is based. Named after the New York dealer Jane Lombard, the $25,000 Prize “recognizes one social justice–minded […]
The Brittle Paper Award for Essays/Think Pieces: Meet the Nominees
To mark our seventh anniversary on August 1, 2017, we announced the inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Awards, to recognize the finest, original pieces of African writing published online. The awards come in five categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Essays/Think Pieces, and the Anniversary Award for works published on our blog. The winners in the fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and essays/think pieces […]
The Puzzling Business of Self-Invention — Review of Chela’s Caine Prize Story by Ainehi Edoro
Here is the last of the Caine Prize story reviews. It’s been pretty amazing featuring reviews—of the shortlisted story—written by bloggers and writers of note in the African literary community: Orem Ochiel’s review of Oduor’s “My Father’s Head” , Richard Ali’s review of Diane Awerbuck’s “Phosphorescence” , Aaron Bady’s review of Billy Kahora’s story , Kola Tubosun’s review of Tendai Huchu’s “Intervention” […]
Prosaic and Uninspiring — A Review of Huchu’s Caine Prize Story By Kola Tubosun
Still keeping our promise to bring you reviews of all five stories shortlisted for the Caine Prize. So far, we’ve featured Orem Ochiel’s review of Oduor’s “My Father’s Head.” Richard Ali’s review of Diane Awerbuck’s “Phosphorescence” Aaron Bady’s review of Billy Kahora’s story This week, it’s the Nigerian writer and editor, Kola Tubosun, reviewing Tendai Huchu’s […]