Ainehi Edoro
Founder and Editor at Brittle Paper
English Professor @uwmadison. Founder and Editor @brittlepaper. 📧[email protected]
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brittlepaper.com | Ainehi Edoro
Anansi’s Gold by Yepoka Yeebo (Bloomsbury) is one of those books you approach the way you would a Netflix true crime series. You grab your popcorn and soft drinks, sink into the comfiest spot on the couch, and prepare to lose your entire Friday night because bingeing is the only option. The book tells the unbelievably wild tale of Dr. John Ackah Blay-Miezah—or “our man,” as he is sometimes affectionately, sometimes derisively called.
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brittlepaper.com | Ainehi Edoro
After decades of speculation, former Nigerian military president Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) has finally released his autobiography, A Journey in Service. The 420-page memoir, published in February 2025 by Bookcraft Africa, presents Babangida story of his life, military career, and tenure as Nigeria’s leader from 1985 to 1993. The book comes with high expectations and no shortage of controversy.
Being Funny in Stories: A Look at Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang Typologies of Humor in African Literatures
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brittlepaper.com | Ainehi Edoro
Humor is not usually the first thing that comes to mind when we think about African literature. This is likely because scholars have largely focused on the history of colonialism and its aftermath. As Ghana-based academic Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang reminds us, they have typically followed the lead of writers like Chinua Achebe, who saw literature as a means of teaching people about their past, their worth, and their place in the world. Humor doesn’t always fit neatly into that framework.
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brittlepaper.com | Ainehi Edoro
For writers like Nnedi Okorafor, storytelling is not just about crafting worlds and characters. It involves staking a claim to creative freedom in a literary world eager to simplify and mislabel. Okorafor has spent years correcting misconceptions about her work and insisting that she writes Africanfuturism, not Afrofuturism. The distinction is not trivial, as she explains in this piece in which she defines Africanfuturism and lays out its broader stakes.
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brittlepaper.com | Ainehi Edoro
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the longlist of nominees for the BSFA Awards, for work published in 2024. Like last year, this longlist includes 34 works by African authors and artists!The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science fiction convention, held since 1955.
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The decision has been made. South Africa takes the prize this year! Congrats to Nadia Davids for winning the @CainePrize for African Writing. She was selected from 320 entries across 28 countries. She’s the 4th South African to win the £10,000 prize. https://t.co/1DvqPLwyfz
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