On the morning of the 25th April 1974 in Lisbon, a military coup overthrew the regime that had ruled Portugal since 1926. The coup was led by young army officers and their motivations were multiple, but the fact that Portugal had been fighting wars in Africa since 1961 was critical. The officers resented being forced ..read more

Submissions are now open to the poetry anthology Africa Migration Report: an Anthology of Poems, organized by Forced Migration and The Arts in collaboration with indie publisher CivicLeicester and migrant collective Regularise. The theme is African migration and the deadline is May 25. Forced Migration and The Arts is a global network that brings together ..read more

A Worker’s Day Wish for African Women – Jessica Horn A human rights activist friend once commented that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is far more interesting if read backwards. And indeed if you do so, then six articles in you arrive at this beauty of a legal standard: Everyone has the right to ..read more

  I hated her because she asked me my name and inquired about my health, my state of mind, my circumstances. I had to hate her because she looked me in the eye. Like there was nothing that set us apart except our God-given skins. She would walk down that street on her way home ..read more

If you are interested in African science fiction and climate futures, we have the perfect podcast for you. Leading sci-fi podcast Imaginary Worlds teamed up with Nigerian speculative fiction author Wole Talabi to create a truly insightful podcast episode released on April 10. Imaginary Worlds is a podcast about sci-fi, fantasy, and other genres of ..read more

African cinema scholar Professor Kenneth Harrow has passed on at the age of 80. He died on April 14, 2024 in the company of his dear wife Elizabeth Harrow. Harrow’s passing is a great loss to the African literary and scholarly community. His research in African cinema and postcolonial studies has impacted the space of ..read more

  My Liberia’s heritage, tale is so rare. A land of rich history, people so honest and fair. A nation built on hope and resilience. The scars of war, the memories they bore Yet resilience bloomed, and hearts were restored. Their language, a melodic rhythm, is so pure. A reflection of their soul, for all ..read more

The shortlist for the 2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is out, and it demonstrates high writerly representation from Nigeria and South Africa. The selected writers include Derek Ehiorobo, Kyle Okeke, Wale Ayinla, and Chisaraokwu from Nigeria, along with Nkateko Masinga from South Africa The Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is an annual prize of ..read more

Submissions are now open to the 2025 Cave Canem Prize. if you have a debut manuscript of poems, we highly recommend you apply by the deadline of May 13. Cave Canem was founded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the underrepresentation and isolation of African-American poets in the literary landscape. The ..read more

Nigerian academic Olutayo Adesina has been awarded one of eight Global Professorships, worth over $1 million USD by the British Academy, The British Academy’s Global Professorships are large investigator-led awards to attract internationally recognised established scholars to work in the United Kingdom, to undertake new, coherent and cutting-edge research projects. The Academy provides up to ..read more