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Features, Lit Scene March 25, 2019

Leila Aboulela’s New Novel, Bird Summons, Is Magic-infused and Folklore-inspired

Leila Aboulela is one Africa’s most beloved storytellers. Her readers can’t get enough of her evocative writing and the memorable characters that swarm her fictional world. Well, they are in luck. Aboulela has a new novel out. The novel is titled Bird Summons and was published in the UK on March 7 by Weidenfeld & […]

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Features, Stories and Poems July 18, 2016

Things I Taught You | by Danvictor Ebirim | African Poetry

Time flies. Days turn to night, Or is it the other way I’ve lost track of time, Or am I wrong? Like rugby, Things I Taught you, A scrum, bodies entangled You found it funny. I found it rough. You Said it’s because I like to be different. I think not. Maybe I am wrong, […]

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Features June 3, 2020

Petina Gappah to Write Play About the Censorship History of Dambudzo Marechera’s Novel Black Sunlight

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Petina Gappah recently announced that she was writing a play that focuses on “the 1982 banning and unbanning” of Dambudzo […]

Features June 3, 2020

Oh, Blessed Bri’Land | Jedah Mayberry | Fiction

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Bri’Land glistened at me, her brilliant display of pink sand shimmering in delight. It would seem that I had finally, […]

Features June 3, 2020

Books That Go with Wine and Books That Don’t

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The beverages most associated with reading are tea and coffee. But many readers love to cozy up in bed with […]

Features June 3, 2020

In This House | Inok Rosemary | Poetry

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In this house, we sift our words, Never letting the walls hear what they shouldn’t. The fear of their […]

Features June 2, 2020

Statement: African Authors Sans Frontieres in Solidarity with African-Americans

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As African writers without borders who are connected beyond geography with those who live in the United States of America […]

Features June 2, 2020

#SaveLambdaLiterary | Leading LGBTQ Literary Organization Needs Your Help

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Lambda Literary is struggling under the devastating financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. On April 17, the organization launched a […]