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??l??k??r?? Press Announces Inaugural Prize for Fiction
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (430+ words) New $500 prize invites unpublished short stories exploring the theme ‘Inheritance’ By Emmanuel “Waziri” Okoro The $500 prize is part of Élékéré Press’ commitment to supporting Black writers whose stories and perspectives remain underrepresented in publishing. The press said it is particularly…...
A Review of Flame Tree’s “Someone Should Hold Farida”
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (307+ words) Someone Should Hold Farida pulses with characters who are aplomb, assured of their place in the world, as they try to make peace with a troubling past or to make space for love. This anthology of eighteen stories offers a…...
In Conversation: Jude Dibia Talks “The Quiet That Remains”, Love, and the Lives Literature Refuses to Overlook
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1820+ words) “I’ve always believed literature can enlarge our capacity for empathy. A novel allows us to inhabit a life that isn’t our own, to suspend judgement long enough to understand another person’s humanity. That, to me, is one of fiction’s greatest…...
“The Comedian’s Diary” Review: Obase-Sam Ikoi’s Debut Novel Challenges Traditional Forms of the Novel in Its Portrait of Addiction
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (429+ words) The Comedian’s Diary is a sobering portrait of the capability of community in the face of one man’s underemployment and addiction. “It begins on a blistering afternoon, the air thick with heat. A man in a white cotton shirt halts…...
Arue and Chuko Esiri’s “Clarissa” Struggles to Conjure Nigerian Spirit in Reimagination of Virginia Woolf Classic
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (588+ words) Clarissa is a bold, curious exploration of class and colonialism, which, in a sense, works as a Nigerian interpretation of Woolf’s original vision. How do you transplant an English literary classic into a uniquely Nigerian context, while preserving the core…...
Olufunke Grace Bankole, Stephanie Wambugu Named Finalists for 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (263+ words) By Abioye Damilare Samson Bankole’s The Edge of Water, published by Tin House, is set between Nigeria and New Orleans, following a young woman whose dream of life in America collides with traditional prophecy and family bonds during a devastating…...
The Paradox of Choice in MaryAnn Ifeanacho’s “The Man With Two Heartbeats”
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (729+ words) “The Man With Two Heartbeats” is a short story that seeks to dissect the plurality of human affection. Contemporary narratives have brilliantly outlined, among many profound concerns, the specifics of women’s conundrum in matters of romance. One of those is…...
Tade Thompson and Eugen Bacon Win at 2026 BSFA Awards
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (253+ words) By Abioye Damilare Samson British-Nigerian writer Tade Thompson and African-Australian author Eugen Bacon are among the winners of the 2026 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards, announced on April 5 at Eastercon in Birmingham, England. Thompson won the award for Best Shorter…...
African Writers Dominate 2026 BSFA Awards Longlist
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) By Abioye Damilare Samson African writers have secured nearly 30 nominations across seven categories at the 2026 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards. The longlist, recognising work published in 2025, features established names alongside emerging voices, with writers earning multiple nominations for their…...