It was inevitable: compiling a list as monstrous as this would consume time, cause a delay. But here we are. 2018 came with its own firsts and highs. A new major publishing house came on board: The Indigo Press, founded by the distinguished Zimbabwean editor and critic Ellah Allfrey. A new major magazine: Kabaka, dedicated to publishing queer-centered […]
Tag Archives: erotica
British-Nigerian Erotica Writer Kiru Taye Opens Up About the Difficulty of Finding an Audience
When we take the likes of Chimamanda Adichie as the model of authorship, achieving success in writing can appear effortless. For the vast majority of writers, especially writers working on Africa-related narratives, things are a bit less seamless. Undergoing the challenges of writing a book, hiring an editor to clean it up, and getting the […]
Holy Sex is Obinna Udenwe’s New Novella About the Nigerian Church as an Erotic Space
We are delighted to bring you a new and exciting work of fiction: Holy Sex: A Nigerian Church Erotica by Obinna Udenwe. Holy Sex is Brittle Paper’s first foray into the world of book publishing—well, e-book, at least for now. Holy Sex is a dark and humorous tale that breaks the silence around the Nigerian church as […]
The Qurian and the Earthling | by Catherine Oyiliagu | An African Story
Quron was a planet of sand and rock, grasslands and forests, lakes and rivers. It teemed with life, the way Earth once did. With night falling, Azkin’s Cove was virtually deserted. One Earthling and one Qurian remained. Both tall and lean, they stood close together on the small, enclosed beach, watching the vertical fall of […]
Expound Magazine’s Special Issue Explores Erotic Arts and Literature
Sex is still an awkward subject in conversations about African literature. Whereas African authors are not very keen on writing about sex, readers of African literature are too bashful to ask them to step up their sex game. That’s why when Wale Owoade told me he was working on a special issue of Expound Magazine […]
How Keen Are African Novelists on Sex?
Chimamanda Adichie has often told the story of the Lagos dentist who chided her for writing about sex in Half of a Yellow Sun. Here is how she puts it in a recent interview: “This woman wrote me a very lovely email, this woman who is a dentist in Lagos and she said, ‘Chimamanda you […]
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