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June 9, 2021

Tsitsi Dangarembga Awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2021

The novelist—Open Country Mag’s December 2020 cover star—is recognized for her “unflinching, unswerving gaze,” having “charted the development of Zimbabwe from a British colony to an autocratic and troubled free state.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Tsitsi Dangarembga.

June 2, 2021

The International Booker Prize 2021 Virtual Ceremony: David Diop Announced as Winner

The Booker Prize Foundation

May 29, 2021

“Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race”

The Nigerian Polish writer, who lives in the UK, offers his experiences as a mixed-race person.
Remi Adekoya
Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya.

May 28, 2021

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Wins Jhalak Prize 2021

The Ugandan was awarded for her second novel, The First Woman.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Jennifer Makumbi by Danny Moran.

May 20, 2021

Margaret Busby to Receive London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Ghanaian-born editor, who has been called “the doyenne of Black British publishing,” will be presented with the honour by Bernardine Evaristo and Zadie Smith.
Otosirieze
Margaret Busby.

May 17, 2021

University of East Anglia Announces Futures for Creative Writing Conference

The two-day online event will acknowledge “the importance of literature and drama in helping us navigate challenging moments in history.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
University of East Anglia. Creative Writing.

April 11, 2021

Helen Oyeyemi’s Surrealist Novel, Peaces, Links Presents and Pasts

The eighth book from the Nigerian British writer—author of The Icarus Girl; Boy, Snow, Bird; and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours—has been called “a modern fairy tale.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Copies of Helen Oyeyemi's Peaces. Credit: @McNallySK on Twitter.

March 27, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo’s Memoir, Manifesto, to Detail Her Long Journey to Success

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up is the Booker Prize winner’s 9th book and first nonfiction.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
MANIFESTO: On Never Giving Up is Bernardine Evaristo's 9th book.

February 28, 2021

Atlantic Books Is Accepting Manuscripts from Unagented Writers

The London-based press published Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
Otosirieze
Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer; from Ukiyo Bookstore on Facebook.

February 17, 2021

Ellah Wakatama Leads University of Manchester’s Novel Voices Series

The editor will be in conversation with 10 “exceptional” debut authors “whose range of narratives reflect the literary landscape of 2021.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

February 5, 2021

Hannah Chukwu’s Call to Help Uplift Unheard Voices

How Hamish Hamilton’s 24-year-old Nigerian British talent went from a historic heading of an Oxford college to editing Booker Prize winners Bernardine Evaristo and Marlon James, to broadening her diversity advocacy.
Otosirieze
Hannah Chukwu.

January 21, 2021

In Biracial Britain, Remi Adekoya Explores His Mixed-Race Identity

“Your difference is communicated to you very early,” says the Nigerian Polish academic. “It is a mixed experience with good sides and bad sides.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Remi Adekoya by Little, Brown.

January 21, 2021

Dominion Anthology Contributors Lead Longlist for 2020 BSFA Awards

It includes eight Africans. Half are contributors to Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.

January 11, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo’s Project Brings Overlooked Black British Authors Back to Print

The series, “Black Britain: Writing Back,” launches with books by Jacqueline Roy, SI Martin, CLR James, Nicola Williams, Judith Bryan, and Mike Phillips.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 26, 2020

After 5 Years, Afreada Goes to Print

Featuring a selection of its published works, this year’s edition, Issue 00, is free. The magazine is giving away 200 copies to readers.
Uzoma Ihejirika
AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

December 26, 2020

So You Want to Speak Like Chimamanda, Michelle, & Oprah?

The British writer Viv Groskop’s book, How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking, tells you how.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

The Geez by Nii Ayikwei Parkes Review—Threading Family, Love, & Race

Inventing his own poetic device, the Gimbal, Parkes amplifies his strong imagery and perfect blend of humour and solemnity.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, The Geez. Credit to @BlueBirdTail on Twitter

June 9, 2021

Tsitsi Dangarembga.

Tsitsi Dangarembga Awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2021

The novelist—Open Country Mag’s December 2020 cover star—is recognized for her “unflinching, unswerving gaze,” having “charted the development of Zimbabwe from a British colony to an autocratic and troubled free state.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

June 2, 2021

The International Booker Prize 2021 Virtual Ceremony: David Diop Announced as Winner

The Booker Prize Foundation

May 29, 2021

Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya.

“Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race”

The Nigerian Polish writer, who lives in the UK, offers his experiences as a mixed-race person.
Remi Adekoya

May 28, 2021

Jennifer Makumbi by Danny Moran.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Wins Jhalak Prize 2021

The Ugandan was awarded for her second novel, The First Woman.
Paula Willie-Okafor

May 20, 2021

Margaret Busby.

Margaret Busby to Receive London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Ghanaian-born editor, who has been called “the doyenne of Black British publishing,” will be presented with the honour by Bernardine Evaristo and Zadie Smith.
Otosirieze

May 17, 2021

University of East Anglia. Creative Writing.

University of East Anglia Announces Futures for Creative Writing Conference

The two-day online event will acknowledge “the importance of literature and drama in helping us navigate challenging moments in history.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

April 11, 2021

Copies of Helen Oyeyemi's Peaces. Credit: @McNallySK on Twitter.

Helen Oyeyemi’s Surrealist Novel, Peaces, Links Presents and Pasts

The eighth book from the Nigerian British writer—author of The Icarus Girl; Boy, Snow, Bird; and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours—has been called “a modern fairy tale.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

March 27, 2021

MANIFESTO: On Never Giving Up is Bernardine Evaristo's 9th book.

Bernardine Evaristo’s Memoir, Manifesto, to Detail Her Long Journey to Success

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up is the Booker Prize winner’s 9th book and first nonfiction.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 28, 2021

Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer; from Ukiyo Bookstore on Facebook.

Atlantic Books Is Accepting Manuscripts from Unagented Writers

The London-based press published Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
Otosirieze

February 17, 2021

Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

Ellah Wakatama Leads University of Manchester’s Novel Voices Series

The editor will be in conversation with 10 “exceptional” debut authors “whose range of narratives reflect the literary landscape of 2021.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

February 5, 2021

Hannah Chukwu.

Hannah Chukwu’s Call to Help Uplift Unheard Voices

How Hamish Hamilton’s 24-year-old Nigerian British talent went from a historic heading of an Oxford college to editing Booker Prize winners Bernardine Evaristo and Marlon James, to broadening her diversity advocacy.
Otosirieze

January 21, 2021

Remi Adekoya by Little, Brown.

In Biracial Britain, Remi Adekoya Explores His Mixed-Race Identity

“Your difference is communicated to you very early,” says the Nigerian Polish academic. “It is a mixed experience with good sides and bad sides.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

January 21, 2021

Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.

Dominion Anthology Contributors Lead Longlist for 2020 BSFA Awards

It includes eight Africans. Half are contributors to Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Ernest Ogunyemi

January 11, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo’s Project Brings Overlooked Black British Authors Back to Print

The series, “Black Britain: Writing Back,” launches with books by Jacqueline Roy, SI Martin, CLR James, Nicola Williams, Judith Bryan, and Mike Phillips.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 26, 2020

AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

After 5 Years, Afreada Goes to Print

Featuring a selection of its published works, this year’s edition, Issue 00, is free. The magazine is giving away 200 copies to readers.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

So You Want to Speak Like Chimamanda, Michelle, & Oprah?

The British writer Viv Groskop’s book, How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking, tells you how.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

Nii Ayikwei Parkes, The Geez. Credit to @BlueBirdTail on Twitter

The Geez by Nii Ayikwei Parkes Review—Threading Family, Love, & Race

Inventing his own poetic device, the Gimbal, Parkes amplifies his strong imagery and perfect blend of humour and solemnity.
Uzoma Ihejirika

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