The JRB presents an exclusive excerpt from A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, the debut collection of short…
The JRB presents an excerpt from ‘She is Another Country’, a short story from The Feeling House, the debut collection…
The shortlist for the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, awarded annually for a short story by an African…
The 2021 Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed—and includes two African authors for the second time in as many years:…
Meron Hadero was recently awarded the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, becoming the first Ethiopian author to claim…
Ethiopian–American writer Meron Hadero has been awarded the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, for her short story ‘The…
The JRB presents an excerpt from African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other. African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the OtherFotofestSchilt…
Image: The Caine Prize The shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, awarded annually for a short…
The JRB presents an excerpt from Maaza Mengiste’s novel The Shadow King, shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction. The…
The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed—and includes two African authors for the first time in years: Tsitsi Dangarembga…
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its panel of judges for 2020, and a new sponsorship deal. …
The JRB presents a new short story by Lelissa Girma. Middle, beginning or end There was a series of confused…
The new episode of Read This! is out now—find out what’s hot in the world of books! In this episode, we travel…
The JRB Francophone and Contributing Editor Efemia Chela travels to Ethiopia with the living archive of Maaza Mengiste’s novel, The Shadow King. The…
The JRB presents the three winning stories from this year’s Short Story Day Africa Prize. Nigerian writer Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the five judges for the 2018 edition of the award. Dinaw Mengestu,…
The longlist for the Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction has been announced. The prize is worth $1,000…
Main image: Bongani Madondo photographed by JRB Photo Editor Victor Dlamini To celebrate their seventh anniversary, Brittle Paper recently launched the…
