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African Writers to Watch: Notes from a Submissions Editor

Dec 13, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

As we mark the end of 2024, I wanted to shine a light on some of the highlights of the past twelve months! While some of these memorable moments include my role as a literary editor, the majority of what you are about to read is centred on the amazing writers I have come to know. A great perk of the job is getting to know and build relationships with wonderful writers and creatives! Over the years, I have come to know some inspiring writers who have all made 2024 their year.
Brittle Paper Call for Submissions: Festive Anthology Vol. III | Deadline: Nov 15

Nov 12, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper is excited to announce the 2024 submission call for our annual festive anthology!This year, we are putting a spin on the traditional advent calendar by swapping out chocolates for your honey-dipped words! With 25 days to fill, we are putting together a collection of poems, stories and essays that describe the build-up to all kinds of festive moments.
NOVEMBER WRITER OF THE MONTH: Comfort Shie

Nov 4, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month for November is Comfort Shie!Comfort Shie is a Nigerian writer who is currently a final year English and Literature student at Lead City University, Ibadan. She was once a science student but transitioned to the arts where she thrives with no regrets! Now a writer and editor, Comfort loves to tell stories of hope. With hopes of her own, Comfort longs for the day she becomes super rich and can travel the world to see new places and meet new people.
Brittle Paper Call for Submissions: Festive Anthology Vol. III | Deadline: Nov 15

Oct 7, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper is excited to announce the 2024 submission call for our annual festive anthology!This year, we are putting a spin on the traditional advent calendar by swapping out chocolates for your honey-dipped words! With 25 days to fill, we are putting together a collection of poems, stories and essays that describe the build-up to all kinds of festive moments.
AUGUST WRITER OF THE MONTH: Nande T. S. Kamati

Aug 5, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month for August is Nande T. S. Kamati!Nande Thomas Sakaria Kamati is a 30-year-old Namibian children’s story writer. While his professional background lies in engineering, Nande’s true passion lies in writing captivating children’s fantasy stories set in Alkebulan, Africa as it once was. Drawing inspiration from his Bantu, Khoekhoe, and Christian heritage, he seeks to transport young readers to enchanting realms filled with adventure.
MARCH WRITER OF THE MONTH: Omobola Osamor

Mar 4, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month for March is Omobola Osamor!Omobola Osamor grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. She has a postgraduate diploma in Public Administration from Galilee Management Institute, and a B.Sc and M.Sc in Microbiology from the University of Lagos, where she worked as an administrator for a decade before calling Chicago home.
FEBRUARY WRITER OF THE MONTH: Mifa Adejumo

Feb 5, 2024 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month for February is Mifa Adejumo!Mifa Adejumo is a writer from Edo State, Nigeria. He grew up and spent most of his formative years in Kogi State and is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with a degree in Mathematics. He runs his substack newsletter platform called “Mifa Writes,” where he explores various personal themes in a bid to find meaning. He tends to enjoy his own company more than he does others, but will vehemently deny it when confronted.
Table Setting: An Anthology of Festive African Writing Vol. II #FreeDownLoad

Dec 20, 2023 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

It’s that time of year again and Brittle Paper is here with our second volume of the Festive Anthology! Titled Table Setting: Recipes, Rituals & Resolutions, this years anthology celebrates the rituals we share around food in festive times.
Speak Up: One Year after the Controversy by Oyindamola Shoola | Ebook Launch

Nov 24, 2023 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

It’s finally here! Oyindamola Shoola’s ebook, Speak Up: One Year after the Controversy, is available for download here. After three weeks of us releasing excerpts of the book, you can now download and read the full ebook for free! The book revisits the controversy around the 2022 publication of Trish Lorenz’s Soro Soke: The Young Disruptors of an African Megacity.
NOVEMBER WRITER OF THE MONTH: Chinaza James-Ibe

Nov 6, 2023 | brittlepaper.com | Tahzeeb Akram

Brittle Paper’s Writer of the Month for November is Chinaza James-Ibe!Chinaza James-Ibe is a Nigerian writer who is currently an undergraduate of English and Literary Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her writing deifies her, and she is quite drunk with the feeling of creation and destruction. She is currently the associate prose editor for The Muse Journal, and her works can be found on Agbowo, Kalahari Review, Fiery Scribe, Readers Boon, OneBlackBoyLikeThat, Arkore, and elsewhere.