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“Brotherhood” Premieres on Amazon Prime Video January 27

Brotherhood has now made an estimated total of 328 million naira. By Editor After a…

“Shanty Town” to be Released on Netflix January 20

It is speculated that Shanty Town will be released as a seven-episode series. By Editor…

Esi Edugyan and Adjoa Andoh in 2023 Booker Prize Judging Panel

Other judges for the 2023 Booker Prize are Mary Jean Chan, James Shapiro, and Robert…

Submissions Open for 2023 AMAAs

Submissions to the awards are scheduled to close in March 2023. By Editor The organisers…

5 African Artists and African Film Spotlighted in Barack Obama’s 2022 Lists

This year’s lists include five African artistes, and a major African-based film. By Editor In…

Fatma Qandil Awarded the 25th Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

Fatma Qandil’s book, Aqfas Farigha, is her first novel. By Editor Sixty-four-year-old Egyptian writer and…

Wapah Ezeigwe, A Little Time Left.
Wapah Ezeigwe Set to Produce Second Film, “A Little Time Left”

Ezeigwe’s A Little Time Left centres around “a piano genius who in the care of…

Mara Menzies, Kenyan writer, 2022 Scotland National Book Awards, afrocritik
Mara Menzies Awarded the 2022 Scotland National Book Awards

The winners of the awards each receive a cash prize of £2,000, and consideration for…

Zimbabwean novelist, Nigerian novelists, NoViolet Bulawayo, Chinelo Okparanta, 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize, Afrocritik
NoViolet Bulawayo and Chinelo Okparanta Longlisted for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize

Bulawayo is longlisted for her second novel, Glory, while Okparanta is longlisted for her Harry…

14 African Women Shine in 2022 BBC 100 Women List

The BBC 100 Women list includes “candidates who had made headlines or influenced important stories…