The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) has announced the judges for the 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry: Romeo Oriogun, Uhuru Phalafala, and Juliane Okot Bitek. Oriogun will chair the panel. The prize is open to African poets who have not yet published a full-length poetry collection, and the wi
Ugandan poet Jedidiah Mugarura’s debut collection, Nyamuteza, will be published in February 2027 by the University of Nebraska Press as part of the African Poetry Book Series, and preorders are now open. The 96-page book won the 2025 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, which comes with a $
Two Nigerian writers took home trophies at the 2026 Ignyte Awards, which were announced on Saturday, October 3. Somto Ihezue won Outstanding Novelette for “We Begin Where Infinity Ends,” published in Clarkesworld, and Albert Nkereuwem won Outstanding Short Story for “Commensalism, Or the Labyrinth’s
The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled the nominees for its 20th edition, and four Nigerian writers made the shortlist for the Literature category: Damilare Kuku, Fatima Bala, Eloghosa Osunde, and Peter Okonkwo. Themed “Celebrating the Redefiners: Africa’s AI Generation,” the milestone edition
Kweli Journal has announced the 2026 Kweli International Literary Festival, a hybrid festival for writers of color that runs from November 14 to December 10. African and diaspora voices are well represented, including Nigerian author Chika Unigwe, who will teach virtual craft talks and master classe
TBLNG Press has announced the acquisition of West African rights to This Is How We Disappear, the poetry collection by Titilope Sonuga. A cover reveal and release date are promised soon. The collection, first published in 2019, begins with the Chibok school kidnappings in Sonuga’s native Nigeria and
Sefi Atta is back, and this time she’s bringing the aunties. The Soyinka Prize-winning author has announced The Gèlè Gang, a new novel arriving in February 2027, published by Interlink Books. The cover alone, a riot of green and cream geometric patterns in the spirit of Nigerian wedding fabrics, sig
The country sent its people home with a statement. Home, it seemed, was a word that could still be stamped on paper. At the border, a man opened his passport as though opening a small door and found another country inside it. His name was Nigerian. His skin was African. His fear had no […]
Nigerian writer and visual artist Victor Ehikhamenor is celebrating the launch of Central Hotel, his first fiction collection, on Saturday, 31 October. Published by Masobe Books, the collection brings together eleven interconnected stories, each illustrated with his own pencil drawings. Nigerian wri
Sabi Arts Limited has launched the Sabi Arts Playwright Prize, an annual award for new and emerging Nigerian playwrights, with a total prize pool of ₦1,400,000, a full stage production for the top winner, and a digital anthology of selected plays. Submissions opened on 1 October and close on 20 Dece