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“People are people anywhere they are” Leye Adenle on Writing Crime Thrillers That Feel Nigerian
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (997+ words) by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh When a client asks for an urgent meeting and then turns up dead, Bobby suspects there is more to the death than an accident. His investigation leads him to a church where the victim had been…...
What Does the Poem Say About Nigeria? A Conversation with Ogaga Ifowodo, James Ngwu Eze and Tares Oburumu
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (385+ words) by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh Your collections respond to some of Nigeria’s most pressing realities. What does it mean to write poetry in a country that constantly gives its writers new reasons for alarm? All three collections engage with the past…...
VE-GE-TA-BLE | Mohamed Zefzaf | Creative Non-Fiction
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (967+ words) Robin laughed so hard she had to lean against the sink. “Ve-ge-ta-ble,” she said again, separating the syllables carefully. I tried. “Vegah…tableah.” She shook her head. “No. Listen.” Outside our apartment window on Highland Avenue, not far from the…...
PHOTOS: Bolu Babalola's Real-Life Love Story Gets the Vogue Treatment!
1+ week, 4+ day ago (399+ words) PHOTOS: Bolu Babalola’s Real-Life Love Story Gets the Vogue Treatment! Brittle Paper The story of how they met has the texture of one of her own plots. On a January evening in Lagos during “Detty December,” a stranger at a…...
Can You Really Leave Your Mess At Home? A Conversation With Tolani Akinola
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1647+ words) by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh Nigerian literature isn’t new to dysfunctional families, and perhaps this is because family is such a prized institution in Africa. In Nigeria especially, it is often the source of our conversational themes. Tolani Akinola’s Leave Your…...
Atima Omara Reclaims "Instigator" as a Name for Black Women Who Change America
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (576+ words) In The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn From Them), Omara reclaims a word often used negatively against Black women and reframes it as a force for political and social change....
7 African Books Coming Out This September You Need on Your TBR List
2+ week, 6+ day ago (453+ words) September is around the corner, summer is winding down, and we’re stepping into a new season! Not to say anything, but Beyoncé was born in September, so it might just be the best month of the year. And, as it…...
Alain Mabanckou Joins the Celebration as Angélique Kidjo Makes History on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (355+ words) Brittle Paper Alain Mabanckou Joins the Celebration as Angélique Kidjo Makes History on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Angélique Kidjo has made history. On August 18, 2026, the Beninese-French singer became the first African musician and first Black African to receive a…...
"This is for our Kids" — Seun Kuti's Love for Pan-African Spaces Brings Him to the Fight to Save 1 Million Black Books
3+ week, 4+ day ago (415+ words) Brittle Paper “This is for our Kids” — Seun Kuti’s Love for Pan-African Spaces Brings Him to the Fight to Save 1 Million Black Books Afrobeat musician and pan-African activist Seun Kuti visited the Maa Maat Centre in solidarity with the ongoing…...