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August 9, 2021

August 9, 2021

Nadia Owusu’s Memoir, Aftershocks, Bares Her Story of Loss, Race, and Identity

The Ghanaian and Armenian American writer’s debut has been praised for its lyricism.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Nadia Owusu - Aftershocks

August 9, 2021

Dgëku, a Literary Magazine for Queer Africans, Calls for Submissions

The new publication pays $150 for prose pieces of 3,000 words or more, $30 for an individual poem, and $100 maximum for a suite of poems.
Dgëku Magazine

August 9, 2021

The Stories in Ben Okri’s Prayer for the Living Move between Reality and Myth

The book has been described as “playful, frightening, shocking,” one that “will make you think, or make you laugh.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ben Okri's Prayer for the Living.

August 9, 2021

Bolu Babalola’s Debut Collection Centers Women of Colour in Joyful Love

With Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around The World, Retold, the Nigerian British writer reinvents centuries-old love stories from West Africa, South Asia, and ancient Greece.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Bolu Babalola. Credit: Refinery29.

August 9, 2021

Nadia Owusu - Aftershocks

Nadia Owusu’s Memoir, Aftershocks, Bares Her Story of Loss, Race, and Identity

The Ghanaian and Armenian American writer’s debut has been praised for its lyricism.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 9, 2021

Dgëku, a Literary Magazine for Queer Africans, Calls for Submissions

The new publication pays $150 for prose pieces of 3,000 words or more, $30 for an individual poem, and $100 maximum for a suite of poems.
Dgëku Magazine

August 9, 2021

Ben Okri's Prayer for the Living.

The Stories in Ben Okri’s Prayer for the Living Move between Reality and Myth

The book has been described as “playful, frightening, shocking,” one that “will make you think, or make you laugh.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 9, 2021

Bolu Babalola. Credit: Refinery29.

Bolu Babalola’s Debut Collection Centers Women of Colour in Joyful Love

With Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around The World, Retold, the Nigerian British writer reinvents centuries-old love stories from West Africa, South Asia, and ancient Greece.
Paula Willie-Okafor

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