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  • African Universities Are Publishing World-Class Research + Call for Submissions
  • Narrative Landscape Press and Storipod Join Forces to Take African Stories Global
  • Noisy Streetss Publishing Is Looking for African Erotica Manuscripts

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

African Universities Are Publishing World-Class Research + Call for Submissions

In 2025, Pluto Journals and African Books Collective (ABC) launched the African Journals Initiative (AJI) working with a growing community of no-fee (‘diamond’) Open Access (OA) so...

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brittlepaper.com /3 weeks ago

Narrative Landscape Press and Storipod Join Forces to Take African Stories Global

Two organisations with a shared frustration about how African literature reaches its readers have decided to do something about it together. Narrative Landscape Press, the Lagos-ba...

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brittlepaper.com /4 weeks ago

Noisy Streetss Publishing Is Looking for African Erotica Manuscripts

Noisy Streetss Publishing has opened submissions for erotica and erotic-leaning manuscripts, and they are looking for African writers who are willing to go there. The press, which...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Masobe Books Has Built the App Nigerian Readers Have Been Waiting For

In March, Masobe Books did something that many people in the Nigerian literary space had been asking for without quite knowing how to ask for it. The Lagos-based publisher launched...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Holland House Books is Calling for Short Stories from New South African Writers

Holland House Books, a UK publisher, is compiling an anthology of short stories by new South African writers, to be published simultaneously in South Africa and the UK. The collect...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Shaping the Future of African Media - African Media Elevated as Instruments of Economic Power and Sovereignty

[ANA] The second edition of Shaping the Future of African Media, organised by Africa News Agency (ANA) on April 29 and 30 in Accra, brought together media leaders, policymakers, in...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: African Narratives At the Heart of Economic and Sovereignty Challenges

[ANA] On April 29 and 30, 2026, Accra will host the second edition of Shaping the Future of African Media, a pan-African event dedicated to the future of the continent's media. Org...

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brittlepaper.com /3 weeks ago

The Authors Guild Statement on AI Use: What African Authors Need to Know About AI and Their Contracts

The question of artificial intelligence and publishing is no longer a distant or theoretical one, it is already inside the contracts being signed today, and authors who do not know...

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punchng.com /6 days ago

Akada festival champions African stories for young readers

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...

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brittlepaper.com /2 weeks ago

Call for Submissions | Iska Press and Iskanchi Magazine Want Your Unruly African Writing

Iska Press, the Utah-based independent publisher that describes itself as a home for “unruly African literature”, is currently open for submissions on two fronts, and African write...

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brittlepaper.com /2 weeks ago

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Cursed Daughters and Cassava Republic’s The Mercy Step Win at the 2026 British Book Awards

African literature had a winning night at the 2026 British Book Awards, known as the Nibbies, held this evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Two books with deep ties to...

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globalvoices.org /1 month ago

African creators struggle to secure decent income in gig economy

Africa has become one of the global creative economy’s most dynamic environments for growth. However, there is an economic gap between the value of what creators create and their i...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Masobe Books Acquires Nigerian Rights for Five Eugen Bacon Titles!

Othuke Ominiabohs, founder and publisher of Masobe Books, has acquired the Nigerian rights to five works by Tanzanian-Australian author Eugen Bacon, bringing some of the most decor...

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brittlepaper.com /3 weeks ago

Applications Open for a British Academy-Funded Writing and Mentoring Programme for Early Career Scholars of African Lite...

A year-long writing and mentoring programme designed to help early career scholars based in Eastern and Southern Africa publish their PhD research in high-impact international jour...

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allafrica.com /1 week ago

Africa: Making Foundational Learning Investments Last - Leveraging Partnerships for Sustainable Reforms in Africa

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brittlepaper.com /1 week ago

19 Southern African Poets Selected for Modjaji Books’ Woordeloos Anthology

Modjaji Books is turning 19 this year, and they are marking the milestone with poetry. The Woordeloos anthology, funded and initiated by Liliana Risi, was conceived as both a celeb...

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atoday.org /1 month ago

Africa Must Think

by Admiral Ncube  |  16 April 2026  | I don’t mean to sound abrasive, but as an African, I can and should say it. We Africans boast of ourselves as the epicentre of Christianity. W...

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brittlepaper.com /2 weeks ago

“To Be Read in Africa Is a Special Joy”: Chigozie Obioma on Craft, Distance, and the African Literary Landscape at FLAM...

Marrakech’s Jamaa El Fna square turned literary crossroads last month as the Festival du Livre Africain de Marrakech (FLAM) held its fourth edition from April 23 to 25, 2026, under...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Cassava Republic Press Becomes the First African-Owned, Black and Woman-Led Independent Press to Land on the Women’s Pri...

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist is out, and it has delivered a moment that African literature will want to remember. Marcia Hutchinson’s The Mercy Step, published by C...

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brittlepaper.com /2 weeks ago

From Accra to Frankfurt: The African Audio Revolution Is Already Here | Ama Dadson

  Across the continent, African stories are reclaiming their voice through audio, technology, and a new wave of cultural builders. *** In a recording studio in Accra, a measured, l...

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koreatimes.co.kr /1 month ago

African writers share global insights on Afropolitanism, Black consciousness at Korea University

Two prominent African writers engaged Korea University students in Seoul in a discussion on Afropolitanism and Black consciousness, offering global perspectives through a “glocal”...

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allafrica.com /2 weeks ago

Africa: All of Africa Today - May 11, 2026

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brittlepaper.com /1 week ago

African Languages Are Being Left Behind by AI and the Stakes Are High

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...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Six African Authors Make 2026 Locus Awards Finalists—Nnedi Okorafor Scores Three Nominations

Back in February, we highlighted  fifteen African authors on the Locus Recommended Reading List and asked you to vote. The top finalists are now in for different categories, and th...

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