by Bobbybryan Uzoma | Jan 29, 2021 | Poems
each time my nostrils open arms to welcome its lifelong guest, i think about a love, one of still birth. i think about the many pictures i have of sadness hung in the salient echoes of my heartbeat. now: every black gown i see looks like the last one i felt on her...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
Good news for fans of Bolu Babalola, author of story collection Love in Colour. UK, Commonwealth, and translation rights for Babalola’s Honey & Spice and a second novel were pre-empted by Katie Packer, commissioning editor at...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
Nigerian writer, Tochi Onyebuchi, has emerged as one of the winners of this year’s the American Library Association’s Alex Award for his novel, Riot Baby. Tochi was awarded alongside other winners at the 2021 American Library Association Youth...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
The National Book Critics Circle has released the finalists for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards. The awards are given annually, and are divided into six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We at Afreecan Read...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
2020 AKO Caine Prize finalist, Rémy Ngamije, has announced the launch of a new organization called Doek. This organization is to help discover “Namibia’s literary voice and its place in continental and global literature.” In February...
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