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‘Read, and Read Some More’: Ellah Wakatama on What She’s Really Looking for as Chair of the 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities June 05, 2026

The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Is Open for Entries | Submit by June 30, 2026

by Blessing Uwisike

Events April 16, 2026

Nick Makoha, Ellah Wakatama, Tunde Onakoya, Alain Mabanckou and Many Others will be at the 2026 Nairobi Litfest!

by Blessing Uwisike

News February 06, 2026

The Caine Prize for African Writing Announces 2026 Judging Panel

by Submissions Editor

Book News August 15, 2023

Canongate Announces Highly Anticipated Memoir by Zimbabwean Author Peter Godwin

by Kuhelika Ghosh

Events December 01, 2021

EVENT | The Books That Made Us: 2021 #NotableAfricanBooks

by Brittle Paper

Lifestyle November 05, 2021

African Literature on Instagram Vol.10 | Writers Out and About

by Ainehi Edoro

Book Lists June 04, 2021

All the Books Mentioned in Ellah Wakatama’s Stanford University Lecture on New African Writing

by Brittle Paper