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Nawal El Saadawi. Photo: David Degner/Getty Images. From the Guardian.

Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian Novelist and Feminist Icon, Passes on at 89

by Paula Willie-Okafor

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

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

by Emmanuel Esomnofu

Sulaiman Addonia by Sulaiman Addonia.

Sulaiman Addonia’s The Seers, About an Eritrean Refugee in London, Goes to Canongate

by Paula Willie-Okafor

Salma El-Wardany. Credit: Salma El-Wardany.

Salma El-Wardany’s Debut Novel, of Friendship Among Muslim Women, Set for 2022

by Paula Willie-Okafor

Tony Allen by Bernard Benant.

Ben Okri & Skepta Feature on Tony Allen’s “Cosmosis”

by Emmanuel Esomnofu

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

Groundbreaking Nebula Awards Shortlists Include 3 Africans

by Ernest Ogunyemi

Romeo Oriogun by Romeo Oriogun.

Romeo Oriogun & Sulaiman Addonia Shortlisted for 2021 Lambda Awards

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Chinelo Okparanta. From KitschMix.

Chinelo Okparanta’s Next Novel, Harry Sylvester Bird, Arrives 2022

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom by Books Upstairs.

Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom Longlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Ernest Ogunyemi

The Rinehart Frames by Cheswayo Mphanza.

With The Rinehart Frames, Cheswayo Mphanza Seeks to Capture Black Ubiquity

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

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