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#PoetryTalk | Poetry, Like All Art, Is Essential to Our Lives Today:...
An interview with Kwame Dawes, multiple award-winning author of twenty-one books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner...
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#PoetryTalk | Different Poems Travel Different Routes | Interview with Toyin...
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel is a Nigerian poet, short story writer, literary critic and activist. She was cofounder and coordinator for several years of the Association of Women Writers of Nigeria. Her...
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A Place is Illuminated in and by Absence | Emmanuel Iduma & Kọlá Túbọ̀sún...
Emmanuel Iduma is the author of two books, Farad/A Sound of Things to Come (2012) and A Stranger’s Pose (2018). He is also the co-founder of Saraba Magazine, and a teacher at the MFA Art Writing...
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Photos | Leila Aboulela Launches New Novel at the Lahore Lit Festival
The seventh annual Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) took place from Feb. 22 to 24 at the Alhamra Arts Center, Mall Road. Over 160 delegates from Pakistan and the world over convened to explore all...
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#PoetryTalk | Every Poem is Mystical and Every Poet a Mystic | Interview with...
Umar Sidi is a helicopter pilot with the Nigerian Navy. He is the author of Striking the Strings, the poetry chapbook The Poet of Sand (Saraba) and the poetry collection The Poet of Dust (Konya Shams...
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The Poetics of the Outcast in Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King | Reviews by...
1 She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore takes me back to one of the most tragic characters in African literature. Unoka the father of Okonkwo. Unoka always had trouble fitting in. As a child, he roams...
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EVENT | Books & Rhymes Live Show is an Evening of Music, Literature and...
Here is something for the folks in London. Sarah Ozo-Irabor is hosting a live show for her podcast Books & Rhyme, and you can be in the audience. The show features bestselling novelist Sarah...
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#PoetryTalk | Poetry is the Excavation of Hidden Things | Interview with...
Nigerian-Canadian poet, writer, and performer, Titilope Sonuga is the featured guest of this week’s #PoetryTalk interview series. We discuss her long-awaited poetry collection, This is How we...
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Books & Rhymes Podcast is Using Music to Inspire Readers of African Books
Books & Rhymes, one of our favorite Instagram book review platforms, is expanding into the podcast scene, and we are beyond delighted. The Books & Rhymes podcast is based on the brilliant idea...
View ArticleRead an Exclusive Excerpt from Jumoke Verissimo’s A Small Silence
We are happy to share an exclusive excerpt from Jumoke Verissimo’s A Small Silence, which comes out on July 30. The novel tells an unusual story, one that readers will find delightfully surprising....
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The Auditory Art of Storytelling in A Small Silence | Reviews by Ainehi
A Small Silence is the debut novel by Nigerian poet Jumoke Verissimo. The story is sad, funny, and inspiring all at once and introduces two of the most intriguing characters I have encountered in...
View ArticleBrittle Paper Launches New Story Series: The Witches of Auchi by Anthony Azekwoh
Brittle Paper is delighted to announce a new, deliciously spooky story series. For the next six weeks, beginning on October 7, we will run Anthony Azekwoh’s Witches of Auchi in weekly installments....
View ArticleSon of Affliction: Episode One | The Witches of Auchi Series | Anthony Azekwoh
“I was there in the fire, the flames that kindled the world. There was darkness, there was emptiness, there was nothing; except me, that is.” — Doreen, Private Journals 1806. *** On 71 Adelabu Street,...
View ArticleThe Frozen Heart: Episode Two | The Witches of Auchi Series | Anthony Azekwoh
“To you, oh Goddess, we give our dreams, To you, oh Goddess, we give our faith, To you, oh Goddess, we give our breath. Guide us, heal us, lend us your power. We are your daughters, do not fail us in...
View ArticleThe Queen of Dahomey: Episode Three | The Witches of Auchi Series | Anthony...
There was an old woman with a ragged scar on her cheek who lived alone on the outskirts of Dahomey. The people all knew of her and would gawk and whisper when she passed them in the market square — the...
View ArticleThe Council of Five: Episode 4 | The Witches of Auchi Series | Anthony Azekwoh
At midnight, when a new moon appeared, when the night is darkest, the witches have their meeting. [12:00 am] Eve Akpabio had been sleeping. She didn’t dream anymore; she had killed all of her dreams...
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The Initiation: Episode Five | The Witches of Auchi Series | Anthony Azekwoh
“There are secrets in this world. Secrets you were never meant to know. Secrets that would bend your mind and twist your tongue. These were secrets that were there in the beginning, and will be ever...
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The Dinner Date & The Battle Line: Episode 6 and 7 | The Witches of Auchi...
“We have two rules at the coven. The first is not to kill. Doreen says that life is a precious gift from the gods and should not be wasted. The second is this: break the first rule if necessary....
View ArticleThe Artistic Philosophy of Breaking and Becoming in Nnedi Okorafor’s Memoir |...
“Before the incident,” Nnedi Okorafor writes, “I moved about the world with a sense of ease and entitlement.” This was spring 1993 during the early years of her studies in university. She’d hoped to...
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What We Are Reading This Week | A 17th Century Biography About An African Woman
To kickstart Women’s History Month, we are taking you on a trip through time to the 17th century in the Ethiopian highlands. In 1672, a scribe began documenting the life of Walatta Petros, an African...
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