by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
Ghanaian filmmaker, Bazawule Blitz, has a debut novel that is scheduled to be published in 2022. Blitz’s debut, The Scent of Burnt Flowers, was recently acquired by senior editor Chelcee Johns at Ballantine Books. Here’s a summary of the novel from Deadline: “The...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
One of Africa’s best publishing houses, Masebe Books, is currently accepting fiction (novel and short story) manuscripts from February 1st – March 31st. Here is what they are interested in: We love African stories...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
Bisi Adjapon announced via Twitter that her novel, Of Women and Frogs, has been acquired by HarperCollins for publication and...
by Afreecanread | Feb 8, 2021 | Newsletter
Dear writers and readers, On 19th October 2020 we announced a call for submission for the drama genre, and since then have received a number of submissions. Sadly, these entries have not been satisfactory enough to convince us that the genre has come to stay. The...
by Larry Erhuvwuoghene Onokpite | Feb 5, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Charles Mungoshi was a Zimbabwean writer, poet, and a playwright. He wrote in both English and Shona language. His short stories were mostly hedged around the theme of post-colonial oppression, which was the reason his collection of short stories Some Kind of Wounds...
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