James Melbin
“Orisa” Reviews: More Tropes, Less Mettle
Odunlade Adekola’s Orisa is the story of a proud king Oba Adefolarin…
Announcing the Shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
The shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award is out. Organized…
Classic Algerian Novel The Earthquake Gets 50-Year Anniversary Reissue
Prominent Algerian writer Tahir Wattar’s modern Algerian classic novel The Earthquake just…
Beninese Writer and Philosopher Paulin Hountondji Passes On, Aged 81
Photo sourced from The Africanist – Podcast. Beninese writer and philosopher Paulin…
Masobe Books is Accepting Submissions from Emerging African Authors | Deadline: Mar 31
Nigerian publisher Masobe Books is now accepting submissions from emerging African authors.…
Caine Prize Shortlistee Efemia Christiana’s “Chicken” is Optioned for Film
Zambian-Ghanaian author Efemia Christiana’s Caine Prize-nominated short story “Chicken” has been optioned…
20 Anticipated Nollywood Films In 2024
Since the beginning of the current year, Nollywood has been proving its…
Agbowó Magazine’s Latest Issue Centers the African Woman
Agbowó Magazine has a new issue out this month titled “The Woman…
Brittle Paper Editor Tahzeeb Akram Launches Literary Consulting Initiative
Brittle Paper submissions editor Tahzeeb Akram has just launched her very own…
The Cover for Samuel Kolawole’s The Road to the Salt Sea is Striking!
Nigerian author Samuel Kolawole’s debut novel The Road to the Salt Sea is set…
5 African Languages Represented in Poetry Reading for Late Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer
Photo by Ibrahim Mohtar sourced from The Star. Recently, the Radical Books…
34 African Texts Longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Awards
34 African texts written by African authors have been longlisted for the…
