Octavio Johnson stood beside the news kiosk reading the headlines of The Chicago Defender: Troops…
Category: Literature
I Have Offered Myself as a Sacrifice | Olubukola Odusanya | Poetry
It’s a shame my body doesn’t hold scars, So maybe then you’d know to fear…
Seven Billion Ways to Tell a Story | Precious Afolabi | Fiction
As you stood at the bus stop at Maryland downtown, hand in hand with Remi,…
Prison Memoir by Egyptian Author Wins the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Katharine Halls wins the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her translation…
Fatima Sadiqi on Orality, Art, and Indigenous Moroccan Writing | Interview | Conducted by Jagravi Dave
We had the chance to sit down with Prof. Fatima Sadiqi, author of Women and the…
Noo Saro-Wiwa’s Book About Africans Living in China Shortlisted for the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year
Noo Saro-Wiwa’s book, Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China, has been…
Face Me, I Face You | Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi | Poetry
The rooms woke before us, staring at each other with closed mouths. The curtain dropped…
The JAY Lit Awards Is Making Space for African Literary Youth Culture
The Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit) is making space for young African writers. They…
The Sandman | Amber James | Fiction
The blackface minstrelsy and acrobatics of Black Patti Troubadors’ Greatest Colored Show on Earth enlivened…
Ugandan Poet Tramaine Suubi is Guest Editor for Yellow Arrow Journal’s New Issue
Ugandan author Tramaine Suubi is the guest editor for the Fall 2024 issue Yellow Arrow Journal,…