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On Becoming a Poet | Interview with Titilope Sonuga | by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
Titilope is a remarkable discovery. Raised in Nigeria and Canada, she has returned to become one of the fresh emerging voices in the Nigerian spoken word (and poetic) space. In April 2015, she became...
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Horizon | by Joan Nimarkoh | An African Story
A large crowd had already formed, waiting impatiently in the courtyard while the owner finished his morning meal in a nearby spot. The unbearable glare of the sun punished them as they stood...
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From Farmer to Writer | Igoni Barrett Details the Not-so Glamorous Journey to...
Igoni Barrett took us by surprise when he came out with his Nigerian rewrite of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. The celebrated novel by the Czech writer has captivated readers for decades and tells the story...
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Congrats to Philani Dladla! The Pavement Bookworm Publishes His First Book
Remember Philani Dladla? A documentary about his pavement bookshop went viral a while back. Dladla sold books on the street of Johannesburg, but unlike your regular bookseller, Dladla would only sell...
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Baba Segi and His Wily Wives Storm London for Two Sold Out Shows
The stage adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives drew quite the crowd in a London theater on December 19. The two performances scheduled on the same day were sold...
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Unspeakable Joy | Djarabi Al-Misaawi | African Erotica
When he came, it was not a soft, hesitant, indecisive knock on my door, but a very assured pounding. *** I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror as I hurry to the door, and I hesitate. Almost...
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Award Winning Nigerian Poet Chijioke Amu-nnadi in Sexual Molestation Scandal...
Award winning Nigerian poet Chijioke Amu-nnadi is currently embroiled in sexual molestation scandal which broke on Facebook a few days ago. The first inklings that something was afoot came when a...
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Association of Nigerian Authors Breaks Silence on Sexual Molestation...
Nigerian poet Chijioke Amu-nnadi is currently trending on social media following allegations of sexual molestation. A group of young women, including Miracle Adebayo and Mary Ajayi who are both...
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The Bridge | by Aideyan Daniel | A Lagos Story
5:05 Hrs Osagie pinned the top-most button of his jacket, whistling to himself in his one-bedroom apartment in Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria. Moving to the apartment was a major upgrade to the one room he...
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Why I Check Other | Victoria Songonuga | African Poetry
“Again I say this, I found out I was black at the tender age of 10. I rejected the label at first Not because I didn’t like or want to feel one with the “black or African Americans”, but because I was...
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My Experience at the ANA/Yusuf Ali Creative Writing Workshop | by Tochukwu...
I’d sent in my application months before. It was an excerpt about a houseboy taken away from his parents to live with a wicked Madam in Lagos. In it, I sought to critique a society where house-helps...
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Black Friday | by Covenant Chimnonso | African Stories
Simi saw Black Friday’s approach in everything that happened around and to her. When Mama screamed that Simi should not forget the soup that was simmering on the fire and let it burn because she was...
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That Time Before Before | by Francesca O. Ekwuyasi | An African Story
Dear Freya, Do you remember the time that your stepmother walked in on us? God, the humiliation. There was something about that night, though. I felt more connected to you than before. I wanted to...
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The Damned | by Kiah | An African Story
Your path to hell is laid with the pieces of Salewa’s broken heart and slippery with the tears she cries every time you are together. “I can’t do this any longer…” She says every time. You agree with...
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What Do African Literature Professors Read? | Prof. Ato Quayson Reveals His...
As any avid reader knows, books define us. Things we read brand us. They become part of our intellectual DNA, defining who we are, our moral compass, our emotional lives, and even how we encounter...
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What Biafra Taught Me | Interview with Catherine Onyemelukwe | by Ainehi Edoro
In 1962, Catherine arrived in Lagos as a Peace Corp volunteer. She was a bright-eyed young woman, recently graduated from university and eager to make a difference in the world. She’d studied German...
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How? (From Notes to Selfie) | by Kechi Nomu | African oetry
1. How a bomb goes off today in an unknown place We are not among the dead. We are thankful. We are selectively in shock. 2. How an explosion is not just this melting of flesh and walls each...
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The Life of a 17th Century African Woman Revealed in New Biography
This right here is a literary marvel in every way. The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros was written in the 1670s. It records the life of an African woman named Walatta Petros living in...
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United Bank for Africa Partners with Nnedi Okorafor to Distribute Her Novel...
We ended last year with the delightful news that a group of organizations had collaborated to distribute Chimamanda Adichie’s feminist chapbook to every 16 year old in Sweeden. [Click here if you...
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Grace? | by Justin Muodebelu | An African Story
This morning, father prayed about our family being favored to see the morning while others died because they didn’t have the grace of God. I didn’t say Amen. Not because I wasn’t thankful for my life...
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