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Thirty years is long enough for a festival to become something closer to a tradition, and Poetry Africa marks that milestone this October with a name that fits the occasion. Koleka Putuma, the Cape Town-based poet, playwright, and multidisciplinary artist, has been named the 2026 Featured Poet, an h
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Nommo Awards, the premier pan-African prize honoring excellence in speculative fiction. The announcement was made live at LACON V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), before a worldwide audience
At 16, Barbara Johns had had enough. In 1951, after years of attending an overcrowded, dilapidated school in Jim Crow-era Virginia, she secretly organised her classmates to strike for better learning conditions. The protest eventually became part of the legal fight that led to Brown v. Board of Educ
Masobe Books has announced the acquisition of Dear Descendant(s), the debut work of fiction from Nigerian writer Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, alongside a striking cover reveal. Publication is set for March 18, 2027. Dear Descendant(s) opens in 1870, with a man named Alabi writing a letter to descendan
Every night under Jamal feels strange and burdening. It starts with a kiss on my forehead, then wandering hands, intentional hands. He searches for my thoughts. He swears I think up the best thoughts. He is amused most times at how my mind works. How I cannot stand the taste of olives but will […]
The Brittle Paper Flash Fiction Competition results are in! To celebrate our debut Literary Festival, held on 29 August 2026, we had a Flash Fiction competition, and over 250 submissions came in! The competition asked everyone to imagine a world in the year 2158. 200 years after Achebe published Thi
Flame Tree Publishing is delighted to announce the acquisition of worldwide rights for three new books by the award-winning African-Australian author Eugen Bacon. Secured by Flame Tree Founder and Publisher Nick Wells, the 24-month agreement marks a significant deepening of the creative partnership
Zambia’s election reveals a new democratic battleground: the smartphone. From fake results and premature victory claims to algorithm-driven misinformation and AI-generated deception, political power is increasingly mediated by technologies controlled beyond national borders—raising an urgent questio
African nations consistently vote for Infantino because they depend on Fifa for financial support. The post Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development? appeared first on This is Africa.