The Creative African Nexus(CANEX), an initiative of Afreximbank has announced the shortlist for the 2025 CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa, recognizing and celebrating publishers who promote African Literature through…
The 2025 longlist for the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa has been announced, celebrating the publishing houses driving African literature forward with boldness, authenticity, and vision. Created to honour…
Nigerian fiction writer, Suyi Davies Okungbowa has been nominated for the 2024 Nebula Award for Best Novella for his book Lost Ark Dreaming, published by Tordotcom. Originally published by Tordotcom…
Cassava Republic has revealed the 2025 cohort for its Being Black in Publishing initiative, and this include JAY Lit content writer, Bakare Oluwatobiloba, and JAY Lit reviewer, Yinka Adetu. The…
Nigerian author Pemi Aguda secures a coveted spot on the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction longlist for her debut novel, Ghostroots published by W. W. Norton & Company. A debut…
Tampered Press has announced the launch of The Tampered Press Manuscript Prize, inviting submissions for a groundbreaking literary award that highlights innovative voices in Ghanaian fiction. The prize seeks to…
Timi Sanni and Salama Wainana (Poetry), Chidera Nwume (Fiction), and Frank Njugi (Non-Fiction) have won the inaugural JAY Lit Awards, an initiative of the Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit) that seeks to…
Brittle Paper has unveiled the recipients of its 2024 African Literary Excellence Awards, celebrating key players across various sectors of the African literary scene. The recipient of the African Literary…
