Africa — Afritondo

The Pharaoh of Many Colours: An Egyptian’s Unsolicited Take on Afrocentrism

We’ve seen it all, really. Yet, we still fall into the trap of a single story—every single time. We still think that we are either this or that; we can’t be both; we can’t be everything all at once.

EssayMirette BahgatJune 10, 2023Identity, African identity, Africa Comments

Alex Kadiri: You don't need anybody's validation or permission. If you really want it, go for it.

A conversation with Alex Kadiri, 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize shortlist

Video, Podcast, InterviewEditorApril 6, 2023Afritondo, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Afritondo Shortlist, AfricaComment

"If you have something to say, then say it and find a way to get your voice heard" – In conversation with Ayo Awoyungbo, 2023 Afritondo Prize shortlist

In this interview, Ayo Awoyungbo talks about writing, his writing process and getting shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize

Video, PodcastEditorApril 3, 2023Africa, Writing, Afritondo, Afritondo Short Story Prize

"To create something from nothing" – A conversation with Jenny Robson, 2023 Afritondo Shortlist

Jenny Robson was shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize. In this interview, she talks about writing and her short story, The Sister-in-law.

EssayEditorApril 1, 2023Afritondo, Afritondo Shortlist, Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment

"The titles of my stories come first"– In conversation with Enit'ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, 2023 Afritondo Prize shortlist

Enit’Ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, shortlisted for the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize, talks about writing his story story, The Anatomy Of Flying Things

Video, Podcast, InterviewEditorMarch 25, 2023Africa, Afritondo, Afritondo Shortlist, Afritondo Short Story PrizeComment

"One thing I have learnt about trying to write fiction is to live with rejection" - Lynsey Ebony Chutel

Writing in South Africa, it sometimes feels impossible to escape race

VideoEditorApril 8, 2022Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment

"I think of the story for a while, and I sit down and write it all at once"

Howard Meh-Buh Maximus on getting shortlisted for the 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize and his writing career

Video, EssayEditorApril 6, 2022Howard Meh-Buh Maximus, Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment

You can tell amazing speculative stories while staying true to the world you live in - Somto Ihezue

Somto speaks about his writing and his shortlisted speculative fiction, A Girl is Blood, Spirit, & Fire, in this interview with Muna.

Video, MultimediaEditorApril 4, 2022Somto Ihezue, Afritondo Short Story Prize, AfricaComment

Video: The 2022 Shortlist advice to new and aspiring writers

Our stories are worthy of being told

Multimedia, Video, EssayEditorMarch 30, 2022Video, Afritondo Short Story Prize, How to be a good writer, AfricaComment

The shot that shook the nation: Revisiting the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état

On the surface, the coup looks like an Igbo plot: almost all its leading plotters were Igbo or Igbo-speaking, almost all its victims were non-Igbo, and Ironsi, who crushed it and became head of state, was Igbo.

EssayHenry Chukwuemeka OnyemaFebruary 12, 2022Nigeria, Coup, Africa Comments

Netherland

What I really want/ is for you to let me be

PoetryChima ChristopherFebruary 12, 2022Poetry, Poem, Country, AfricaComment

Walk to disvirginity

I wanted to say I wasn't a big girl. I was only eleven years old! Eleven was still a child.

LivesFaith NwaniSeptember 25, 2021Afro, Hair, Black Hair, Africa Comments

Okukor

there was a breeze that day. / The day the Oba’s artisan / began to model Okukor / using his fine metal comb.

PoetryEfua BoaduMay 22, 2021Efua Boadu, AfricaComment

When The Flutist Burns His Pipe: The Rise of Queer and Emigration Literature in Africa

Morality, then, is a weapon, and generations of Africans have been indoctrinated into its famed cult. You should then be far from startled that the mere mention of homosexuality, although practised in veiled quarters for traditional, spiritual, or aesthetic purposes, is never given a fair hearing

EssayNzube NlebedimMay 15, 2021Queer, Literature, Emigration, Africa Comments