Sierra Leonean literary space Poda-Poda Stories (Poda-Poda Stories) is looking for writers to submit fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and book reviews for their platform. It may take the Poda-Poda team up to 2 months to review your work.

🗓️ Deadline: June 1, 2024

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Tomi Adeyemi’s (TOMI) final book in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, CHILDREN OF ANGUISH AND ANARCHY, will be released on June 25. To celebrate, Adeyemi will be on a book tour around the US from June 25 to July 1. See all of the details below!

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This is the exhumation of the ghosts of my mother and her mother 💜🥀. I tried to be kind in my honesty, in my remembering of certain events.

Happy reading.

Today's piece of creative non-fiction is 'Exhumation' by Riley Hlatshwayo, our May Writer of the Month!

#AfricanCreativeNonfiction

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'Say it is splendid.
Say it is a blue thud
punctuating emptiness with stark
stars of footprint—a wish to die
miracled into excellence.'

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'I think what was so difficult about the war that started a year ago in Sudan is not only that it seemed to open old wounds but in many ways, wars have not really truly ended in our country.' - Emi Mahmoud

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'It was in a way quite spiritual. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. The poems from 'In A Ribbon Of Rhythm' were already flowing with so much melody, lyricism and, of course, rhythm.' - Tutu Puoane

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It has been an entire year since the war in Sudan began. Sudanese-American poet Safia Elhillo shared her reflections on the war on her Instagram.

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Check out this excerpt of KEORAPESTE KGOSITSILE & THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT by Uhuru Portia Phalafala.

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'Our village of pride ties us down
from looking inward from the cesspit
of corruption that wants to eat us for
brunch and here they go again borrowing
from our Santa who art in IMF...'

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Olayinka Yaqub’s winning story “The Weight of Duty” follows a young girl’s struggle to reconcile her personal desires and her duty as a chosen emissary of the gods. The judges praised the story for both its use of language and its rich cultural setting.

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Bernardine Evaristo’s lecture will explore how story-making is a conscious act of speaking ourselves into being, drawing on literature, theatre, and the visual arts. The event will also be available to watch live online.

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Take a sneak peek into Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristor’s MR LOVERMAN TV series (Fable Pictures)! BBC One has released stills from the upcoming 8-part drama series, which is scheduled to air later this year. 📖 📺

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Brilliant news

Applications are open for the 2024–2025 Center for Fiction (The Center for Fiction)/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowships. If you are a resident of New York City, this is the perfect chance to apply for this year-long fellowship.

Deadline: May 31, 2024

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Today's essay is 'A Letter to the Expressway Contractor' by Keith Ang’ana.

#AfricanEssay

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'I pick a withering hibiscus to sniff,
the faded scent seems to have traveled into thin ambiance
I take off my gloves & bore a hole with my ring finger. Perhaps it is naïve &
certain to lose but
this is not the case, I just might win this fight.'

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Yeah. Its such a tender and painful book. Looking forward to the film.

The winning writer of Grist’s Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest will be awarded $3,000. The 2nd and 3rd winners will receive $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. An additional 9 finalists will each receive $300. Submit today!

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🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 this book was the most relatable book I've read in more than a decade.