3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (420+ words) Brittle Paper Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Is Making a Documentary on Onitsha Market Literature, Titled Life Turns Man Up and Down Between roughly 1947 and 1966, clerks, traders, teachers, and school-leavers in Onitsha wrote short books, romance, courtroom drama, political biography, advice…...

4+ day, 6+ 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…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (515+ words) Brittle Paper Two Nigerian Poets, Tolu Oloruntoba and Othuke Umukoro, Shortlisted for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry The finalists for the 2026 Walcott Prize are out! Two Nigerian poets have made the finalist list for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (313+ words) brittlepaper.com Modjaji Books Brings Together 19 Poets from Across Southern Africa to Release Gathered Seams Modjaji Books has released Gathered Seams, a poetry anthology gathering nineteen poems from women writers across Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and South Africa. Edited by…...

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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (212+ words) Brittle Paper Zimbabwean Author Blessing Musariri Stands as the Only African Finalist for the $50,000 2026 Kirkus Prize Blessing Musariri has made the shortlist for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, with her young adult novel When It’s Your Turn for Midnight selected as a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Brittle Paper Koleka Putuma Nominated 2026 Featured Poet as Poetry Africa Marks its 30th Anniversary Edition Putuma’s body of work has always resisted staying in one lane. Across three poetry collections, a children’s book, and several plays, she has treated the body…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (412+ words) Brittle Paper Ethiopian-Born Computer Scientist Timnit Gebru’s Debut Book, Deep Unlearning, Is Now Available for Preorder Timnit Gebru, the Ethiopian-born computer scientist and one of the most consequential voices in the fight for ethical AI, has announced that her debut…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (604+ words) by Kris Van der Bijl by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh We also spoke about the evolution of African literature over the past five years, the changing landscape of African fiction, the advent of AI and its implications for writers and editors,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (330+ words) Brittle Paper Masakhane Names 26 Grantees for LINGUA Africa, Its Push to Put African Languages at the Center of AI Back in May, Brittle Paper covered the Masakhane African Languages Hub’s open call for the LINGUA Africa initiative, a partnership with…...