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An African Literary Blog by Brittle Paper is a literary project designed to adapt African literary culture to this new reality. It is a Fresh and provocative take on African writing and literary culture.
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17h ago
I. His side of the bed was hot. The other side felt cold. The old man looked through the window. It was night. The aureole of street lamps partitioned the purple of heaven from the grey of shed houses. Darkness obscured the canals. Canaries tweeted in the graveyard. It seemed a time the universe ..read more
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17h ago
Michigan Quarterly Review‘s latest issue is the African Writing Issue and it features a star-studded cast of writers from all over Africa including Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Togo, South Africa, Kenya, Libya, Zambia, and more. See if you can spot some familiar names below! Founded in 1962, Michigan Quarterly Review is the University of ..read more
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17h ago
Brittle Paper writer Testimony Odey recently revealed the daily hustle of being an African writer through a day in the life video on TikTok. Odey posted the video at the end of March, remarking that during this week, she decided to film a day in her life in order to document her artistic process as ..read more
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2d ago
Onheil Manor. Lysbeth takes in the tableau in front of her. Blankets of white linen hide what appears to be a jumble of furniture. Her eyes land on the many iron sconces festooned onto the wooden walls of the grand room. She is a lover of details, and her curiosity is always searching for the ..read more
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2d ago
I know, I promised I wouldn’t tell anyone. It was inferred owing to who you are or at least who you present yourself to be. It was inferred that this – us – was not meant to slip into our real lives, to escape our phones, wander beyond our minds or anywhere outside us ..read more
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2d ago
In his most recent collection of poetry, Romeo Oriogun is at prayer. The Gathering of Bastards (University of Nebraska Press, 2023) is a prayer, not against exile per se, but against exiling, that tendency of the home or the country to eject. Clustered around themes of departure, remembrance and wandering, this collection of 71 poems ..read more
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2d ago
The Caine Prize for African Writing just announced its panel of judges for 2024. Chaired by Chika Unigwe, the panel also includes Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Julianknxx, Tumi Molekane aka Stogie T, and Ayesha Harruna Attah. The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual award presented for a short story by an African writer published ..read more
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3d ago
How brightly the heavens choose to smile on me and don me with the brightest and most colorful regalia by adorning me with a priceless covering as you. Even nature pitches its tent to my side and makes its stars align in my favor. How fortunate I am amongst my peers. I am a ..read more
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3d ago
Open Arts invites women writers from Northern Nigeria to submit their fiction or nonfiction manuscripts in English or Hausa for a publishing deal. If you are interested and eligible, submit your manuscript by the deadline of May 31. Open Arts is a cultural and arts collective committed to promoting the arts and creative endeavors based ..read more
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3d ago
Recently, Brittle Paper‘s founder and editor-in-chief Ainehi Edoro penned an insightful essay about Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s allegations of physical abuse against his father Ngugi Wa Thiongo concerning his late mother Nyambura. This piece was translated into French by Francophone literary magazine Afrolivresque as “Entre admiration et déception : Le drame familial de Ngugi Wa Thiong’o ..read more