The Africanist Shelf

Center for Pan-Africanism, Black Literature, Afri-feminism, and every form of justice.

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

“Virginity perpetuates this idea that sex is something that women give and men take.
I’m not giving anything to anyone, and I’m taking just fine”. Another quote I love from @monaeltahawy

[The Angel of Consistent Doings 🦋 @asangelwassayin]

So glad cause my article on August Meeting and Igbo women has been published by @DocumentWomen 🥳

I wrote on the yearly meetings that Igbo married women attend each August, its benefits and ways it can be better improved.
Feedback will be appreciated ❤️
https://t.co/t4NpMAhnc6

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

One of my comrades is fighting to survive covid pneumonia. Please donate if you can. https://t.co/IeWyCpbh2P

[Rebecca Enonchong @africatechie]

Pour mes amis francophones, je sais que c’est en anglais mais je vous encourage à lire ce bref historique de Ambazonia / Southern Cameroons écrit en 2018.

Vous comprendrez mieux comment on en est arrivés à #EndAnglophoneCrisis

[Paul Wallace @PaulWallace123]

#Nigeria's security forces open fire on protesters in the middle of #Lagos after the imposition of a 24-hour curfew. It follows almost two weeks of #EndSARS demonstrations across the country. https://t.co/Yzg78GPGxN

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

My only disappointment about it is that it ended so soon.

[Otaigbe @otaigbe05]

Just stumbled on Olasupo Shasore‘s documentary on @netflix @NetflixNaija. It’s something I’ve been yearning for - history told through an African lens.

[The JRB @JoburgReview]

The @ShortStoryAFR Prize longlist has been announced!

The list features 21 African writers from nine countries, with stories on the prescient theme ‘Disruption’.

Congratulations to the longlisted writers! https://t.co/NGLuFM5MKu

[Olumide Akpata @OlumideAkpata]

Last night, I received reports that Paulette Bisola Ajayi, a lawyer & daughter of Ngozi Ajayi (also a lawyer) was abducted by at least 4 gunmen dressed in combat fatigues & dark t-shirts in front of her home in Rumukurushi PH, as she was waiting for her gate to be opened.

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

@christiesoluxe @taoleighgoffe I actually also went right for my PhD after undergrad and I’m having a good amount of fun now, while I’m my 20’s, because I’m striving for that balance. Same way I expect to do once I’m done here.

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

Check out our new post on Nigerian writer Sefi Atta, and look out for updates on our new site! https://t.co/ryksOah4FL

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

More praise for @monaeltahawy s book by @the_korede “You read her book & you’re reading a comprehensive but interesting news magazine. You’re learning a lot of things. You’re picking up on other things/people you need to read up on...She gives you power without you realizing it”.

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

Coming soon!

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

“Women are supposed to be “less than,” not “too much.” Women are meant to be quiet, modest, humble, polite, nice, well-behaved, aware of the red lines. They are supposed to tread softly and within their limits.” Chapter on Profanity is my fav! @monaeltahawy

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

Very proud of my good friend for winning the 2020 commonwealth short story prize!

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

We are proud to announce ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’ by Kritika Pandey as the Overall Winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. #CWprize

Congratulations Kritika!

Read about Kritika and her story here: https://t.co/Fn3FZrYZdQ

[The Book Club Africa @BookClubAfrica_]

@theafricanistshelf,

[Netflix Nigeria @NetflixNaija]

A series-adaptation of @LolaShoneyin'sThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives and a film-adaptation of Prof. Wole Soyinka’s Death And The King's Horseman! 🇳🇬

[Netflix Nigeria @NetflixNaija]

📣We’ve got MAJOR news for you today! Netflix has partnered with acclaimed producer @MoAbudu to bring you two of Nigeria’s most beloved literary classics to screens around the world! 📚🎥

[Short Story Day AFR @ShortStoryAFR]

Need a lockdown read? The first African Speculative Fiction StoryBundle is now live for the next 15 days only! The Bundle includes #TerraIncognita as well as so many other brilliant collections and anthologies.

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

This episode of #Australian TV show Q&A was banned from rebroadcast for reasons including I said “fuck” 10 times & asked “How many rapists must we kill before men stop raping women?”

Fuck civility.

[Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn @lolashoneyin]

I got so much flack when this book of poems came out. Critics and journalists labelled me ‘a man-hater’, ‘a lesbian’, because of the themes I explored.

I’m looking at those poems now & I can see why they were so incensed. 🤣 At 23yo I already knew what was important to me.

[The Africanist Shelf @AfricanistShelf]

Demand Justice Min. @RonaldLamola make sex offenders list publicly accessible on a free mobile platform. Add ur name to the campaign here #AmINext #UyineneMrwetyana #Sesikhathele https://t.co/HSlEdFrYVJ via @AmandlaMobi