Often when one thinks of African writing, it is often about fiction. African fiction is widely celebrated globally, with the traffic enabled by highly publicized Western prizes, forums, workshops, residencies, etc. One can then be forgiven for thinking that all Africans write is fiction and the occasional poem. The truth is that there is an […]
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Demons in the Villa | Excerpt from Ebenezer Obadare’s Pentecostal Republic
Pentecostal Republic takes a hard look at the influence of pentecostalism in Nigerian politics. Prof. Obadare is a sociologist, who studies civil society in Africa. In this exhilarating book, he credits the challenges of Nigerian politics and state practices to the ways in which Pentecostalism frames the action and vision of political leaders and intellectuals. […]
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 […]
Opportunity for African Writers | Transition Magazine Invites Submissions about Religion
Here is a call for submission we thought some of you might want to check out. Transition is a decades-old magazine dedicated to Africa-related content and housed at Harvard University. They are looking for essays, fiction, interviews, or visual art exploring the idea of religion. See below for all the details on how to submit […]
In Search of Cleansing | by Zoë Gadegbeku | African Poetry
The man led me to the water to pray, but when I got there I saw; Lava melting flesh off bone, Skeletons dissolving in acid, skulls with frozen screams making useless pleas to the sky, Toxic sludge turning the grass an unholy amber color. I knelt by the water to pray, but before my eyes […]
I Saw You Last Sunday
I saw you last Sunday, Shoulders propped against An airless window, Buttocks smashed atop A wobbly bench, Hands damp and renegade, Clutching onto a bible— The bible that always had that Uncanny air of aloofness— You appeared absorbed in The theatre of redemption Playing on the preacher’s Reddish tongue—the preacher You could not have seen […]
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