Classical vs. Contemporary African Literature: What Has Changed
Contemporary African literature distinguishes itself by reclaiming both the right to tell African stories and to define their terms.
The Eternal Debate: Traditional Publishing vs Self Publishing
When a story is finally complete, it prompts the great challenge: traditional publishing vs. self-publishing.
5 African Literary Magazines Accepting Flash Fiction Submissions
Flash fiction is one of the most exciting forms in contemporary African literature, enabling writers across the continent to distil culture, memory, politics, and emotion into short, impactful narratives. For those crafting flash fiction, choosing the right magazine is key to successful publication. Here are five African literary magazines that accept flash fiction submissions and […]
A Meal Is a Meal is a journey into the surprising and the bizarre, as well as the tantalising and the delicious.
This year’s theme, Reclaiming Truth, speaks to the realities of the current world; a world where even “from positions of power” and leadership, people fail to enjoy the “assumption of truth.”
In fact, on the morning of my birthday, just after we had broken up, I had spent time in the hotel begging someone else to love me and be with me.
But he walked out the door and said he would go, by foot, if necessary, to Afghanistan, to kill the infidels who were bombing Muslim babies in their cribs.
Those hours waiting for her mother to return were spent in a state of inertia; she wouldn’t have been able to say what she had done with the time.
By the time you get this, I will be far away. It is cowardly, I know, but I cannot see your faces and walk away. Please forgive me, knowing that I have gone to make a better life for us all.
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s debut Afropantheology novel, the first in a trilogy, has been acquired by Shahid Mahmud.
