African Writing

African Writing is a literary magazine. We publish creative fiction and non-fiction as well as art, poetry, reviews and essays. Available online and in print.

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Africa has no shortage of celebrated writers – so why is it so hard for African readers to get hold of their books? | Global development | The Guardian
https://t.co/yZ7BCdkjUG

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Spot on!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“Don’t feel that you have to tailor your literature a particular way to please any school of ideology.”

- Some words of advice to young writers from 1986 #NobelPrize laureate in literature Wole Soyinka.

Read more: https://t.co/i2fEjoB8mi

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Congratulations to @ObariGomba on winning the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature with his amazing book, GRIT.

Job well done, @NGRLitPrize

[African Writers Conference @AWC_2026]

It's gets closer daily. 20 days ⏳

#awc2023
#countdowntoawc
#ghana

[KENDEKA PRIZE @Kendeka_Prize]

Congratulations to the Kendeka Prize 2023 Winners!Your stories have left a lasting impression, and we are honored to celebrate your remarkable achievements in African literature. Here's to Keabetswe Molotsi, Hussani Abdulrahim, and Shedrack Opeyemi Akanbi
#kendekaprize #winners

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Not My Business

By Niyi Osundare

They picked Akanni up one morning
Beat him soft like clay
And stuffed him down the belly
Of a waiting jeep.

What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth?

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"Author for Sale," a timeless piece by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, in African Writing No. 11

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[The Nigeria Prizes @NGRLitPrize]

The wait is over!

Here are the 11 plays that have secured their place on the longlist.

Congratulations to all the writers who have made it to the longlist!

#2023Longlist #NigeriaPrizes2023

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Skirt
By Niyi Osundare

Come,
Sweetheart
Come tonight

Let’s meet in the elbow
Of the street
Skip all care

Breach all walls
Jump over the gutter
Of the moon

Come, sweetheart
Don’t forget to come
In our favourite skirt

Read more of Osundare's poems here: https://t.co/MeR7JL0OC1

[Booked'nbiizy💅💅 @ArtTiwatope]

Happiest birthday my goat.
No. 1 African laureate.
Thanks for your brain.

[Chioma🧚🏾 @chiomaokoli_]

My birthday mate🤭

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

@chiomaokoli_ Happy birthday to you! 🎊🥂

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Happy 89th birthday to a literary icon, Wole Soyinka!

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"Words cannot be swallowed back. When they are as foul and bitter as the nastiest vomit, you can’t even try. For as long as she could remember, Lerato had desperately wanted to liberate her mother from her little world."
- Gertrude Makhaya, Four Women

https://t.co/ALIj3s15gH

[Zuby @zubyubam]

@Abbakar_himself writes the type of books you never really get over.
The type you sit down on a random day, remember the characters and just smile to yourself because of how impressed you are.

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Agbo Areo played an important role in the promotion of African Literature, and will be missed dearly.

Date of his funeral has been fixed for July 26th to 28th, 2023.

Watch his conversation with Chuma Nwokolo few weeks before his passing:
https://t.co/WkdffffzMD

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

"Agbo Areo had ‘disappeared’ for decades, but back in March 2023, I felt a strong desire to track him down. He was an important figure in African literature for his role in the creation of the Macmillan Pacesetter series."
- Chuma Nwokolo

https://t.co/Wu6xEyRSJk

[Atariajanaku @Atariajanaku2]

@AfricanWriting Nice interview. An important phase in the history of the popular Literature in Africa.

[Atariajanaku @Atariajanaku2]

Intriguing interview. This may be of interest to you, madam @lolashoneyin

[African Writing @AfricanWriting]

Join the premiere for Agbo Areo's final conversation on YouTube where he talks about his role in the creation of Macmillan's Pacesetters series:
https://t.co/0ydNbEBoFx