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Between 1910 to 1970, millions of African Americans left the South in search of greater opportunities for freedom, rights, and economic mobility. Due to sheer scale, this human mov...
Diaspora reporting has long connected struggles across borders. Our new editor asks: what can The Long Wave take from this?• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign u...
Gemini Ink, San Antonio’s Writing Arts Centre, is offering a four-week online poetry workshop this June. Titled Exploring Africa: Inspiration from International Poets, the workshop...
Contemporary Pan Africanism became a global phenomena in the early 20th century, having had its roots in various disparate political movements across Africa, Europe, and South and...
The Africa Women Writers Residency 2026 is a fully funded literary development opportunity designed to empower emerging African women storytellers. This prestigious residency provi...
African literature has shown to be conversant with women’s emotions. Littered across African literature are stories of grieving mothers, scorned wives, long-suffering daughters, wo...
Birmingham World Tawanda Bwerudza, an emerging voice in British literature, channels his Zimbabwean roots in a trilogy that delves into migration, identity, and the African diaspor...
It was a dear friend of mine, a poet and professor living in exile, who pondered whether Black people could find their happy place in a world bent on showing us that no matter wh...
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At Brittle Paper, this June, we are highlighting some of our favourite African queer books that have rocked and shaped African publishing. In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde re...
First launched in 2025 under the theme ‘Our Love, Our Stories’, Afro RomCon was founded to celebrate African romance across print and screen. It sits at the intersection of literat...
Introduction First launched in 2025 as part of Black History Month programming, the project has grown into what is now titled the A–Z Philosophy BlackList, an expanding intellectua...
African literature has lost one of its most singular and necessary voices. Conceição Lima, the preeminent poet and journalist from São Tomé and Príncipe, died on May 15, 2026, at H...
*Although this year’s observance has concluded, Africa Day 2026 left a notable impression in London, where the colours, rhythms, languages and traditions of 54 nations were brought...
BOSSIP and Cassius explore Black stories across Miss Juneteenth and Small Axe, highlighting identity, family, and community in the diaspora. The post Freedom Day & Diaspora Dis...
Observed annually on May 25, Africa Day commemorates the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963, now the African Union. Established during a period marked by indepen...
A recent UNESCO Courier piece by researcher James Maisiri puts into sharp focus a problem that should concern everyone invested in the future of African kAnowledge and education: t...
Three African and diaspora writers feature among the 25 names announced by the Civitella Ranieri Foundation as its newly selected Writing Fellows for the 2027 and 2028 residency se...
Editor’s Note Dear Brittle Paperians, The unknown is scary, but the terrifying is found in the shadows we have named. These names are either from our day-to-day encounters, or...
BOSSIP and Cassius explore Black stories across Miss Juneteenth and Small Axe, highlighting identity, family, and community in the diaspora. The post Freedom Day & Diaspora Dis...
BOSSIP and Cassius explore Black stories across Miss Juneteenth and Small Axe, highlighting identity, family, and community in the diaspora. The post Freedom Day & Diaspora Dis...
Tucked in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape, Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is treating African literature as the heritage it is. The name amazwi means...
I love Black naming practices. To be more specific, I love Black American naming practices and I want to learn more about the many varied practices of Black cultures around the wo...
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