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 Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 5, 2021 | Gist Corner
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Caleb Femi, Inua Ellams, and Mark Gevisser are on the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize longlist.The Rathbones Folio Prize was founded in 2014 by London-based publishers, The Folio Society. The prize was initiated to reward “the best new work of...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 3, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Program is administered by Adventures From The Bedrooms of African Women.Adventures From The Bedrooms of African Women is a blog started by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Malaka Grant. It aims to “seek out, support and amplify feminist content creators and their own...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 3, 2021 | Gist Corner
Musa Okwonga has a new novel titled, In The End, It Was All About Love. The novel is based on Okwonga’s experiences living in Berlin. The novel is published by Rough Trade Books.Here is a summary of the book from its publisher, Rough Trade Books:“The narrator...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 3, 2021 | Gist Corner
The book is titled, A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. In this book, Nakate talks about her journey to becoming a climate activist. She explains how climate change intersects with issues of race, class, and education. Nakate...
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