Africaniwa

🟣Zambarau Profile🟣 Zambarau Profile uses visual storytelling to honor purple as a symbol of protest against femicide and gender-based violence (GBV). Named after the Swahili word for purple, this exhibition is inspired by the wave of purple profile pictures from South Africa,

This one. I love coming back to it. The writing, plot, and characters. It's a brilliant book. You will enjoy it. Really.

This Saturday, Roving Heights and Masobe Books presents The Loyalist, an evening of reading, discussion and signing of Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi’s memoir.

God I need plenty money this year, abegggggg 🙏🏾

Join us for poetry and conversation focusing on migration and (im)mobility.  From Here to There: 
Writing Migration with Poets from Exiled Writers Ink and the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series
 The conversation takes place as part of Black History Month 2026.
 The event is free and open to all. With 
Jim Aitken, Afsaneh Gitiforouz, Samuel Julius Habakkuk Kargbo, Nada Menzalji, Karuna Mistry, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Xaviera Ringeling, Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure. Host: Dr Tamara Wilson, Exiled Writers Ink Chair
 On Zoom on Thursday 5th February at 7 pm GMT. Tickets are available here.
 zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Put in the same prompt. Idk whether the brain here is for mental health😭😂💀

Do you remember me? I loved you in high school. Not loudly. Not boldly. I loved you the way girls love when they are still learning what love costs. You were my friend first, the best of friends. That mattered to me. We laughed easily, walked the ... muwado.com/ten-years-ago-…

Typically, you hear back in 24-48hrs instead of 6-8 weeks. But we also offer a $25 FAST PASS submission. No "special" consideration, but you do skip the reading line. Of course, regular submissions remain free (6-8 week response time) buff.ly/wRKgcA4

I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/126721…

Still seeking voiceover talents in Arabic (North African), Gikuyu, Sesotho, Zulu, Amharic, Ewe, and Ndebele. Please share with your contacts.

excited to be a judge for novel beginnings, a global competition for unpublished novel openings with a $50,000 prize. i’ll also be teaching a workshop on ‘language & style in novel writing’ as part of the program. submissions: feb 2–mar 31 prowritingaid.com/novel-beginnin…

One thing i live for, the feel and the crispiness of fresh sheets 🌼🥰

The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open for entries! Our 2026 Chair is Ellah Wakatama, with Santanu Bhattacharya (Fiction), Jen Calleja (Life Writing), and Mona Kareem (Poetry). Read the full announcement and submit your work by 30 June: buff.ly/s4ol0ap

Just finished watching a Nigerian-themed music video made with AI and it's quite distasteful. Even if it's a visualizer in a nice home you can afford, it's much better than anything AI will cook right now

Thinking of submitting to the Caine Prize for African Writing? Check out our FAQs for what you need to know before you submit! For more, visit: caineprize.com/2026-submissio…

.@NarrativeLscape EA acquired East and West African rights to SHAMISO by @BrianChikwava and East African rights to Ani Kayode Somtochukwu's AND THEN HE SANG A LULLABY. Both novels publish in early 2026. A big move for continental distribution! 📚 🌍️ brittlepaper.com/2026/02/narrat…

#TAFNigeria is strategically positioned to play a pivotal role in bringing TAF's vision and mission to fruition within the community of #Nigeria. Visit the TAF Nigeria page to learn more: theafricanfederation.org/project/nigeria

Back on air for the next few days with @CapitalFMUganda , delivering your news updates. Always a pleasure being on radio — tune in.

Submissions are now open for our next quarterly! We are especially interested in submissions that explore survival as a collective practice and a duty of care. Send us stories, poems, essays, photography, art, and hybrid works that explore this theme. iselemagazine.com/2026/02/04/cal…