Edited by Ernest N. Emenyonu, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA African writers have, much more than the critics, recognized the beauty and potency of the short ...

Science fiction, fantasy, horror and other forms of speculative fiction are breathing new life into African writing. International awards, TV deals, new publishing imprints, a growing fanbase and ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book shows how South African writing can help us to understand change after apartheid. It aims to shift the attention of literary ...

Brittle Paper has curated an annual list of 100 notable books that have significantly contributed to African literature. As one of the major literary outlets in Africa, curating the list validates the ...

He represented a new generation of Kenyan writers who forced their way onto the literary landscape at the turn of the century, winning a Caine Prize for Africa Writing in the process He was a ...

The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) has announced its ninth Writing Fellowship program, which will run from ...

The award for a short story by an African writer published in English had a record-breaking 297 entries from 28 different countries Senegalese writing duo Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo have ...

She has been awarded $12,500 (£10,000) for her winning Caine Prize for African Writing story called Skinned. Arimah told the BBC its underlying message was to show the disparity in the treatment ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Kenyan author Idza Luhumyo is among the five shortlisted authors for this year’s AKO Caine Prize for African Writing ...