The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the shortlist for its 2026 edition. The writers are Gladwell Pamba from ...

Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature is back! The Black British Book Festival, founded by Selina Brown, returns to London’s Barbican Centre on Sunday, October 4, 2026, for a fifth edition ...

I held onto the collar of his shirt and bit wherever my teeth could find flesh — his neck, his jaw, the soft skin beneath his ear. My nails dug into him until I felt skin give way beneath them. He did ...

During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, as Cairo fills with protests and uncertainty, two women meet in a subway station near ...

I had braced myself for a difficult day, but even so, I had not expected my car battery to die. At the end of work, when I press the power button, there is a spluttering noise, followed by silence. At ...

Five documentary filmmakers have emerged as finalists for the maiden edition of the Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts (NPCA), ...

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 Liliana Risi and ...

British-Nigerian author Bolu Babalola, known for the romcom-crowned works Love in Colour, Honey & Spice, and Sweet Heat, has ...