Nigerian-British journalist Emmanuel Akinwotu has been appointed The New York Times’ new West Africa correspondent, joining the newspaper’s International desk and relocating to Lagos for the role. The appointment was announced by International editor Philip Pan, International managing editor Greg Wi
Ankara Press, the commercial imprint of Cassava Republic Press, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Ghanaian writer Cheryl Ntumy’s The Seven States, a three-book romantasy series blending political intrigue, forbidden magic, commerce, and slow-burn romance. The trilogy will open with A Guide
Years after the Nigerian Civil War, Ìfẹ́olúwa Ayandele’s grandfather was still carrying the weight of what he had lost. He had served as a soldier, returned home, and later travelled to Lagos to collect a pension that never came. His story became one of the threads behind My Father Paints His Dreams
Poetry Africa will mark its 30th edition this October with five days of performances, poetry slams, workshops, industry conversations, and literary programming across Durban, culminating in the 5th World Poetry Slam Championship. Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu
Wole Talabi has revealed the West African cover for his forthcoming novel, The Fist of Memory, announcing the design alongside release dates on both sides of the Atlantic. The book lands in the US, UK, and Australia on October 27, with the West African edition, published by Masobe Books, following i
Damon Galgut, the South African novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2021 for The Promise, made his first visit to Korea last week for the 2026 Seoul International Writers’ Festival, organized by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. Speaking to the press at the Ara Art Center in Seoul, Gal
Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra returns for its tenth edition from October 16 to 18, 2026, hosted across the Goethe-Institut Ghana and the Foundation for Contemporary Art–Ghana in Cantonments, Accra. Organized by the Writers Project of Ghana alongside both venues, the anniversary edition leans
Egyptian writer Abdelrahman ElGendy, Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and Togo-born author Delali Adjoa are among the writers featured on the 2026 National Book Awards longlists, appearing across three different categories. The National Book Foundation announced its longlists for Fiction, N
IHRAM Press has released Our Roots, the second issue of its 2026 literary magazine, gathering poetry and prose under the theme “Stories of Land and Climate.” Published on July 30, 2026, the issue arrives as a 137-page paperback from International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM) Press. IHRAM Press
I brought her a whole sack of onions because where I come from you only give flowers to the “departed.” I thought onions were better. They last longer, They fight hunger, they make you cry in a way that Proves you’re truly alive. But she laughed and said that I love her wrong. That […]