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Cajetan Iheka’s Horizontal Comparison Takes On Comparative Literature’s “Africa Problem”

What happens when African and Caribbean literature is read alongside itself, rather than continually measured against Europe and the United States? That is the question at the hear...

Caribbean Leadership: Where Caribbean and African Power Meets Tomorrow

Jamaican Author Marlon James Releases New Novel

In These Novels by African Women, Coming of Age Is Collective

The following coming-of-age novels by African women authors are shaped by an understanding of the deep and complex relationships between women. In these works, the individual path...

The Sparrow Who Gave The Caribbean A Voice

Caribbean Education – Before The Bell Rings – Knowing The Caribbean Child, Changing The Learning

Inside the Stacks: University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Spotlights New African Fiction

Walk into Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this month, and you’ll run into a small, colorful surprise: a New Books Display Shelf stacked with some of the mos...

Howard University Appoints Carole Boyce-Davies, 1st Endowed Chair In Caribbean Studies

Boyce-Davies is chair and professor of African Diaspora Literatures in Howard’s Department of Literature and Writing.

Wasafiri Announces 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize Shortlists After Record Entries, With Africa Up by 172%

  Wasafiri has released the shortlists for the 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, selecting fifteen writers across fiction, life writing, and poetry. Winners in each categ...

The Center for Fiction Opens a West African Literature Reading Group with Magenta Naaku, Starting November 10

The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn is hosting an in-person reading group on West African literature, “West African Literature: Secrets, the Surreal, and the Sea,” led by writer and...

Centre showcasing black and African culture opens in London

In addition to film screenings, the venue will host masterclasses, industry panels, and live performances by established and emerging talent.

From Crime Noir to Duppies: Jamaican Stories Are Having a Moment on Screen

Something interesting has been happening on our screens over the past two years. Across television series, feature films, pilots and shorts, Jamaican stories are showing up in grea...

Rising author Thélyson Orélien removed from major literary race amid AI and plagiarism allegations

The Haitian-Canadian author says his writing reflects Caribbean language traditions as literary institutions grapple with questions surrounding artificial intelligence. Thélyson

Namwali Serpell, Mahmood Mamdani, and Conceição Evaristo Headline Harlem Stage’s New York Black & African Literature...

Harlem Stage presents the second edition of the New York Black & African Literature Festival (NYBALF), running September 18–20, 2026, in a new presenting partnership that bring...

I went to a Jamaican Patois class. Why was I so scared to speak it?

Centuries of historical baggage surrounds this form of speech. But I’m vowing to overcome shame and connect with this part of my cultureDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your in...

13 Books Make the Longlist for the $20,000 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing

The 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing has announced its longlist, with 13 books from publishers across Africa and the Caribbean advancing to the next stage. The list spans novels roo...

10 African Books Your Book Club Might Be Sleeping On

Every book club knows the struggle of finding that next great read. You scroll through bestseller lists, revisit the books everyone has been talking about and somehow end up circli...

When Deportation Hits Home: The Economic Ripple Effect On Black Caribbean Immigrant Families

PHOTOS: Inside Kampala Writes LitFest 2026: AI, Decoloniality, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Define African Stories

Kampala Writes LitFest wrapped its third edition on August 30, closing out three days at Uganda’s National Theatre built around the theme “Where Stories Begin: The Imaginary and th...

Life, Unscripted: Seven African Nonfiction Books Worth Reading

Fiction is often where we come to read and enjoy interesting stories about life, its ups and downs, its strange turns and unexpected possibilities. But fiction, even at its most im...

Prix Ivoire for Francophone African Literature Announces 2026 Finalists

The finalists for the 2026 Prix Ivoire for African Literature in Francophone Expression have been announced, with five writers from across the continent making the shortlist for on...

Caribbean Education – Before The Bell Rings – Knowing The Caribbean Child, Changing The Learning 

By Teacher Kishma Isaac News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sun. August 30, 2026: The most important thing in Caribbean educati...

Black British Book Festival Returns October 4 with Nick Makoha, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, and More A...

Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature is back! The Black British Book Festival, founded by Selina Brown, returns to London’s Barbican Centre on Sunday, October 4, 2026,...

THE SCOOP, THE CARDS AND THE BAKERY – A Caribbean Teacher’s Guide To Making Learning Matter