Africa

May 4, 2022

The judges praised his “allusive, lyrical poems [which] open a new itinerary in African poetry, drawing in Shona and Mandarin and mapping a journey of the Black body through India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and China.”

April 28, 2022

Three short story authors will be paired with experienced screenwriters to produce scripts.

April 27, 2022

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.

March 31, 2022

For Women’s History Month: global, continental, and national literary icons from the 20th century.

March 27, 2022

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.

January 27, 2022

The 30 short stories have “the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, and disinformation, which are key feeders of conflict and terror in Africa.”

January 27, 2022

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.

January 12, 2022

The Pan-African publication’s newest includes writing and photography. Read the editorial note by its founder Troy Onyango.

December 29, 2021

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Bernardine Evaristo to Teju Cole, Damon Galgut, and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, our first annual highlight of the top titles of the year by African writers.

December 23, 2021

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).

December 21, 2021

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.

November 23, 2021

Mustapha Enesi, a recent graduate and National Youth Service corps member, won for his short story “Kesandu.” The $1,000 prize was this year themed “Madness.”

September 17, 2021

The fellowship is named after Rajat Neogy, the Ugandan writer and editor who founded Transition Magazine at age 22.

August 20, 2021

“What we bring is a seminal thinking of poetry,” writes the poetry series’ editor-in-chief Ebenezer Agu. “We must recognize the beauty and complexity of this transcreation.”

August 9, 2021

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.

July 30, 2021

Themed Chaos, the 19 contributors cast doubts on the mythological truism of the act of creation, and by extension creativity.

July 26, 2021

The writer, previously shortlisted for the £10,000 award in 2019, is the first winner from her country. Her story, “The Street Sweep,” “negotiates the imported power dynamics of foreign aid in Addis Ababa.”

May 4, 2022

The judges praised his “allusive, lyrical poems [which] open a new itinerary in African poetry, drawing in Shona and Mandarin and mapping a journey of the Black body through India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and China.”

April 28, 2022

Three short story authors will be paired with experienced screenwriters to produce scripts.

April 27, 2022

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.

March 31, 2022

For Women’s History Month: global, continental, and national literary icons from the 20th century.

March 27, 2022

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.

January 27, 2022

The 30 short stories have “the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, and disinformation, which are key feeders of conflict and terror in Africa.”

January 27, 2022

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.

January 12, 2022

The Pan-African publication’s newest includes writing and photography. Read the editorial note by its founder Troy Onyango.

December 29, 2021

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Bernardine Evaristo to Teju Cole, Damon Galgut, and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, our first annual highlight of the top titles of the year by African writers.

December 23, 2021

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).

December 21, 2021

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.

November 23, 2021

Mustapha Enesi, a recent graduate and National Youth Service corps member, won for his short story “Kesandu.” The $1,000 prize was this year themed “Madness.”

September 17, 2021

The fellowship is named after Rajat Neogy, the Ugandan writer and editor who founded Transition Magazine at age 22.

August 20, 2021

“What we bring is a seminal thinking of poetry,” writes the poetry series’ editor-in-chief Ebenezer Agu. “We must recognize the beauty and complexity of this transcreation.”

August 9, 2021

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.

July 30, 2021

Themed Chaos, the 19 contributors cast doubts on the mythological truism of the act of creation, and by extension creativity.

July 26, 2021

The writer, previously shortlisted for the £10,000 award in 2019, is the first winner from her country. Her story, “The Street Sweep,” “negotiates the imported power dynamics of foreign aid in Addis Ababa.”

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— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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