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Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is Dedicated Entirely to Literature, You Should Check It Out
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (322+ words) Brittle Paper Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is Dedicated Entirely to Literature, You Should Check It Out Tucked in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape, Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is treating African literature as the heritage…...
South African Poet Gabeba Baderoon Selected to Judge the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry | Submit by October 1
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (554+ words) Brittle Paper South African Poet Gabeba Baderoon Selected to Judge the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry | Submit by October 1 There are prizes, and then there are prizes that feel like a genuine act of witness. The Glenna Luschei Prize…...
African Languages Are Being Left Behind by AI and the Stakes Are High
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (400+ words) Brittle Paper African Languages Are Being Left Behind by AI and the Stakes Are High A recent UNESCO Courier piece by researcher James Maisiri puts into sharp focus a problem that should concern everyone invested in the future of African…...
British-Nigerian Nikki May's debut novel, Wahala, Is Coming to the BBC!
2+ week, 6+ day ago (317+ words) Brittle Paper British-Nigerian Nikki May's debut novel, Wahala, Is Coming to the BBC! Nikki May's debut novel Wahala is heading to the BBC, and the adaptation has assembled one of the most exciting female-led casts in recent British television! The…...
Zimbabwean Novelist Sue Nyathi's The Polygamist Is Coming to Netflix After a 13-Year Journey
2+ week, 6+ day ago (265+ words) Brittle Paper Zimbabwean Novelist Sue Nyathi's The Polygamist Is Coming to Netflix After a 13-Year Journey First published in 2012, The Polygamist follows Jonasi Gomora, a wealthy businessman whose carefully constructed empire begins to crack under the weight of the tensions…...
South African Author and Actress Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni Wins Best Actress at Moondust Helsinki Film Festival for Sierra's Gold, Its 29th Laurel
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (190+ words) It is the 29th laurel for Sierra's Gold. The film lives across languages, English, Afrikaans, isi Zulu, isi Xhosa and features a cast that includes Tiisetso Thoka, veteran actor Justin Strydom, Thabo Gwadiso, and Kennedy Stab. Beyond Best Actress and Best…...
The Authors Guild Statement on AI Use: What African Authors Need to Know About AI and Their Contracts
4+ week, 1+ day ago (550+ words) Brittle Paper The Authors Guild Statement on AI Use: What African Authors Need to Know About AI and Their Contracts The question of artificial intelligence and publishing is no longer a distant or theoretical one, it is already inside the…...
South African Poet and Literary Scholar Gabeba Baderoon Receives Honorary Doctorate from Nelson Mandela University
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (502+ words) Brittle Paper South African Poet and Literary Scholar Gabeba Baderoon Receives Honorary Doctorate from Nelson Mandela University On March 31, 2026, poet and public intellectual Professor Gabeba Baderoon was conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature by Nelson Mandela University for her work…...
Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera's Voice Is on Facebook, and 33, 000 People Are Listening
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (161+ words) by Boakye D. Alpha by M'koma wa Ng'g" A Facebook page dedicated to Dambudzo Marechera has been running for years and has built a following of 33, 000 people. The page uploads recordings of Marechera reading his own work and it has just…...
African Literature Scholar Grace A. Musila Will Lecture on the Aesthetics of Refusal in a Free ALA Event| March 28
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (406+ words) Brittle Paper African Literature Scholar Grace A. Musila Will Lecture on the Aesthetics of Refusal in a Free ALA Event| March 28 The African Literature Association is hosting its next lecture on Saturday, 28 March 2026, and the speaker is Grace A. Musila, who teaches…...