African Writing is a literary magazine. We publish creative fiction and non-fiction as well as art, poetry, reviews and essays. Available online and in print.
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19 Jan 2025
Africa has no shortage of celebrated writers – so why is it so hard for African readers to get hold of their books? | Global development | The Guardian
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14 Oct 2023
Spot on!
14 Oct 2023
“Don’t feel that you have to tailor your literature a particular way to please any school of ideology.”
- Some words of advice to young writers from 1986 #NobelPrize laureate in literature Wole Soyinka.
Read more: nobelprize.org/prizes/litera…
ALT Wole Soyinka seated in front of book shelves. He is wearing a white jacket, white shirt and black pants.
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13 Oct 2023
Congratulations to @ObariGomba on winning the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature with his amazing book, GRIT.
Job well done, @NGRLitPrize
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12 Oct 2023
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11 Oct 2023
Congratulations to the Kendeka Prize 2023 Winners!Your stories have left a lasting impression, and we are honored to celebrate your remarkable achievements in African literature. Here's to Keabetswe Molotsi, Hussani Abdulrahim, and Shedrack Opeyemi Akanbi
#kendekaprize #winners
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25 Feb 2023
Not My Business
By Niyi Osundare
They picked Akanni up one morning
Beat him soft like clay
And stuffed him down the belly
Of a waiting jeep.
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth?
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26 Aug 2023
"Author for Sale," a timeless piece by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, in African Writing No. 11
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20 Jul 2023
Congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
20 Jul 2023
The wait is over!
Here are the 11 plays that have secured their place on the longlist.
Congratulations to all the writers who have made it to the longlist!
#2023Longlist #NigeriaPrizes2023
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14 Jul 2023
Skirt
By Niyi Osundare
Come,
Sweetheart
Come tonight
Let’s meet in the elbow
Of the street
Skip all care
Breach all walls
Jump over the gutter
Of the moon
Come, sweetheart
Don’t forget to come
In our favourite skirt
Read more of Osundare's poems here: african-writing.com/Sep/osun…
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13 Jul 2023
Happiest birthday my goat.
No. 1 African laureate.
Thanks for your brain.
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13 Jul 2023
My birthday mate🤭
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13 Jul 2023
Happy 89th birthday to a literary icon, Wole Soyinka!
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4 Jul 2023
"Words cannot be swallowed back. When they are as foul and bitter as the nastiest vomit, you can’t even try. For as long as she could remember, Lerato had desperately wanted to liberate her mother from her little world."
- Gertrude Makhaya, Four Women
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@Abbakar_himself writes the type of books you never really get over.
The type you sit down on a random day, remember the characters and just smile to yourself because of how impressed you are.
2 Jul 2023
Kano, are you ready??
Come Saturday, our very own @izesule will be hosting @Abbakar_himself for a reading of his new book When We Were Fireflies.
Do join us. Wear your Sallah best & bring along your mats!
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26 Jun 2023
Agbo Areo played an important role in the promotion of African Literature, and will be missed dearly.
Date of his funeral has been fixed for July 26th to 28th, 2023.
Watch his conversation with Chuma Nwokolo few weeks before his passing:
youtube.com/watch?v=GsYcpPSC…
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26 Jun 2023
"Agbo Areo had ‘disappeared’ for decades, but back in March 2023, I felt a strong desire to track him down. He was an important figure in African literature for his role in the creation of the Macmillan Pacesetter series."
- Chuma Nwokolo
nwokolo.com/y/agbo-areo-pace…
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24 Jun 2023
Nice interview. An important phase in the history of the popular Literature in Africa.
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24 Jun 2023
Intriguing interview. This may be of interest to you, madam @lolashoneyin
24 Jun 2023
Join the premiere for Agbo Areo's final conversation on YouTube where he talks about his role in the creation of Macmillan's Pacesetters series:
youtu.be/GsYcpPSCr5c
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24 Jun 2023
Join the premiere for Agbo Areo's final conversation on YouTube where he talks about his role in the creation of Macmillan's Pacesetters series:
youtu.be/GsYcpPSCr5c
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24 Jun 2023
"You can’t believe in love at first sight unless you’ve felt it yourself. Unless you’ve stood at the door watching him come up the stairs, leather jacket on his masculine shoulders, [...] and that wide-eyed smile he reserves for you."
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@ArjaSalafranca
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