2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (245+ words) Essays" Stories and Poems In 2025, Pluto Journals and African Books Collective (ABC) launched the African Journals Initiative (AJI) working with a growing community of no-fee (diamond) Open Access (OA) social science and humanities journals based in African universities, supported by…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (17+ words) African and Diaspora Women Poets Gather for an Online Indaba on Migration | Saturday, 11 April'Brittle Paper...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (310+ words) Brittle Paper Sierra Leonean-British scholar-activist and poet Kadija George Sesay Reads from Irki at Sankofa, Washington DC On 17 April, Sankofa Video Books & Caf" in Washington DC hosts an evening that brings together two of the most important voices in Black…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (235+ words) Brittle Paper Call for Personal Essays: Moveee's Culture Narratives | Deadline: 10 April 2026 Moveee has launched Culture Narratives, a new quarterly digital publication dedicated to deeply personal essays on culture, identity, and modern life. Submissions for the inaugural issue are now open,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (202+ words) Brittle Paper A Conversation with Omotola Okunlola, ACS Graduate and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota This Thursday, 9 April, the African Cultural Studies Student Association (ACSSA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts a virtual conversation with one of its…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (320+ words) Brittle Paper Brittle Paper Editor, Ainehi Edoro to Moderate Nnedi Okorafor in Humanities Without Boundaries Conversation This Tuesday Nnedi Okorafor, one of the most celebrated voices in Africanfuturism, is coming to Madison this Tuesday, April 7, for a free public conversation…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (132+ words) Wasafiri, one of the world's leading magazines of international contemporary writing, is now open for creative submissions in fiction and non-fiction from 1 April to 1 May 2026. The magazine is looking for innovative creative writing that, in form, focus, or theme, aims…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (258+ words) Brittle Paper L'unl'un Journal is Open for Submissions | Due, 8 May 2026 There are two open calls. Fiction is open until 8 May 2026. The journal accepts speculative or factual tellings of African history across five themes: Economics, Society & Politics; Gender & Feminism; Hope & Healing;…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (180+ words) Brittle Paper Throwback Thursday: Oyinkan Braithwaite Celebrates Her 38th Birthday with Stunning Pictures! "Happy birthday to me! Thankful to God for another year," she wrote. "For the past few years, I have been super indecisive when it comes to choosing what…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (230+ words) by Juliet O. Ogodo Wole Talabi is having a year! His novella Descent is a 2026 Nebula Awards finalist. His second novel, The Fist of Memory, arrives in October from DAW Books and Gollancz. And now, a short story he published three…...