As the National Transport and Safety Authority rolls out automated speed cameras under a rushed multibillion-shilling PPP, motorists face steep penalties despite widespread missing road signage. While framed as road safety, deploying surveillance before fulfilling statutory transparency reduces citi
Nigerian poet Ameen Animashaun and Ghanaian poet Edinam Denoo have been named the winners of the inaugural Alhaji Arole Agarawu African Poetry Prize, an international award celebrating Black poets and the depth of Black lyricism across the African continent and its global diaspora. The winners were
Theresa Ikoko’s Girls, the prize-winning play about three Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by militant insurgents, returns to the London stage this autumn. Directed by Ewa Dina, the production runs in the Young Vic’s Maria Theatre from October 22 to November 21, 2026, with a press night on October 27.
Ainehi Edoro-Glines, founder and editor of Brittle Paper, will discuss her first book, Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, at the Wisconsin Book Festival on Thursday, October 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The event takes place in the Lower-Level Program Room at Madison’s Central Library, where
Nelson Mutongi critiques Andrew Chatora's essay collection as a fierce defence of authentic authorship against the threat of generative AI, framing the book as an urgent interrogation of the human creative voice amid technological disruption. The post Literature, authorship and the human voice: Andr
As AI industry leaders fracture over existential risks and political leaders dismiss safety warnings as a hoax, unchecked tech monopolies accelerate a race toward cognitive and social destruction. Without democratic public ownership and binding international oversight, algorithmic capitalism threate
As US and Chinese superpowers weaponise artificial intelligence for global hegemony, African nations face a critical governance deficit. Without preemptive regulatory frameworks and rigorous contract scrutiny, unvetted foreign tech integration risks entrenching systemic dependence, compromising citi
Lagos-based lawyer and writer Ooreoluwa O. Agbede has won the 2026 Quramo Writers’ Prize for his unpublished manuscript, Four Months. The announcement was made on Friday, October 2, at the Quramo Festival of Words (QFest) in Lagos, as reported by Writing Africa. To mark the prize’s tenth year, the a
The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is now accepting entries for the 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, an annual award of $1,500 for a set of ten poems by an African poet who has not yet published a full-length collection. Submissions are open from October 1 to November 1, 2026. The prize bega
Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been named the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his short story “The Blue Fighter,” published by The Shallow Tales Review in 2025. He takes home £10,000, with his win confirmed at the prize’s ceremony in London this October before he’s celebrated with the