10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South
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...
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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...
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...
When I describe my recent novel, The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays, as a SFF mystery romance, people frequently ask, “Wasn’t it difficult writing a murder mystery?” Yes, i...
The Akada Children’s Book Festival promotes indigenous children’s literature, fostering African storytelling and a love for reading among young Nigerians. Read More: https://punch...
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...
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...
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...
The Ignyte Awards, presented annually since 2020 to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, have announ...
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...
On June 12, Netflix released all twenty-two episodes of The Polygamist, a South African supernovela based on a novel that mainstream publishers had once declined to print. Within a...
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...
The supernatural is mundane in these must-read magical realism and fabulism novels, from historical fantasy inspired by Taino mythology to anticolonial spec fic.
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...
Two African writers are among the six finalists for the 2026 Internationaler Literaturpreis, the prestigious German prize for contemporary literature in translation awarded by the...
Spears Books has announced the signing of Makuchi, the pen name of Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi, for the publication of her upcoming short story collection, Woman of the Lake, sche...
A decolonial heist fantasy, a Southern Gothic-inspired horror and a tale of two cities locked in a long-running war are among the entries shortlisted for this year’s Future Worlds...
Nairobi Litfest 2026, the fifth edition of the festival, took place from 8–10 May 2026 across Nairobi’s public libraries: McMillan Memorial Library (Masterclasses), Kaloleni Libra...
Four African writers have secured six nominations between them on the 2026 British Fantasy Awards shortlists. Established by the British Fantasy Society and running since 1971, the...
22. That is the number of debut authors Masobe Books is pushing out this year. And some of their work is already out, from Chinasa Anaele’s Three Is a Crowd and Deborah Kira’s The...
The 2026 Locus Awards, which had Africans shortlisted in 6 categories, were announced on May 30 at a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, in partnership with the Bay Area Book Fe...
JOHN AKINRIBIDO urges South Africa to confront honestly the structural causes of xenophobia Africa welcomes approximately 67 million international tourists annually, generating mor...
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...
The best books of the year by BIPOC authors includes *all* of the genres. There's something here for everyone.
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