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An African Literary Blog by Brittle Paper is a literary project designed to adapt African literary culture to this new reality. It is a Fresh and provocative take on African writing and literary culture.
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Onheil Manor. Lysbeth takes in the tableau in front of her. Blankets of white linen hide what appears to be a jumble of furniture. Her eyes land on the many iron sconces festooned onto the wooden walls of the grand room. She is a lover of details, and her curiosity is always searching for the ..read more
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I know, I promised I wouldn’t tell anyone. It was inferred owing to who you are or at least who you present yourself to be. It was inferred that this – us – was not meant to slip into our real lives, to escape our phones, wander beyond our minds or anywhere outside us ..read more
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In his most recent collection of poetry, Romeo Oriogun is at prayer. The Gathering of Bastards (University of Nebraska Press, 2023) is a prayer, not against exile per se, but against exiling, that tendency of the home or the country to eject. Clustered around themes of departure, remembrance and wandering, this collection of 71 poems ..read more
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The Caine Prize for African Writing just announced its panel of judges for 2024. Chaired by Chika Unigwe, the panel also includes Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Julianknxx, Tumi Molekane aka Stogie T, and Ayesha Harruna Attah. The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual award presented for a short story by an African writer published ..read more
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How brightly the heavens choose to smile on me and don me with the brightest and most colorful regalia by adorning me with a priceless covering as you. Even nature pitches its tent to my side and makes its stars align in my favor. How fortunate I am amongst my peers. I am a ..read more
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Open Arts invites women writers from Northern Nigeria to submit their fiction or nonfiction manuscripts in English or Hausa for a publishing deal. If you are interested and eligible, submit your manuscript by the deadline of May 31. Open Arts is a cultural and arts collective committed to promoting the arts and creative endeavors based ..read more
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Recently, Brittle Paper‘s founder and editor-in-chief Ainehi Edoro penned an insightful essay about Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s allegations of physical abuse against his father Ngugi Wa Thiongo concerning his late mother Nyambura. This piece was translated into French by Francophone literary magazine Afrolivresque as “Entre admiration et déception : Le drame familial de Ngugi Wa Thiong’o ..read more
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The grass is greener where there is no drought – Phyllis Tsikisayi You killed him, you killed your father, I killed my father!! I, Chau killed the most important person in my life with that vaccine, that Influenza Vaccine that I took him to get. I killed him, I am made to understand ..read more
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This week, we are celebrating the queen of Nigerian romance fiction, Emem Bassey, who is truly making the genre more inclusive by championing plus-size women in her books. Over the past few years, she has published a startling number of romance novels and is a testament to the growing genre of African romance within African ..read more
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We feed on the murmur of limbs We dine on seas between the dead brown, And them This is our sanctuary, Our true north. We came here in twos, pairs joint And clipped to each other’s lapels but Who are we? We are the fishermen who cast nets into the deep before the salami ..read more