Brittle Paper
Brittle Paper is a weekly online literary magazine that serves as an "African literary blog" published in English. Its mission is to cultivate a lively African literary community. The magazine was established in 2010 by Ainehi Edoro, who was a doctoral student at Duke University and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Since its inception, Brittle Paper has featured a diverse range of works, including fiction, poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and photography from both well-known and emerging African writers and artists from the continent and beyond. Recognized as a member of The Guardian Books Network, it has been hailed as "the village square of African literature," "Africa’s leading literary journal," and "one of the most talked-about literary publications in Africa." In 2014, Publishers Weekly named it a Go-To Book Blog, highlighting it as "an essential source of news about new works by writers of color outside of the U.S."
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1 month ago |
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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1 month ago |
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.
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1 month ago |
brittlepaper.com | Joe Ruzvidzo
Seven years. That’s how long it’s been since I last set foot on African soil. Seven years of French chaos and Swiss order. I’ve forgotten what proper heat feels like, until Zanzibar’s air wraps around me like a warm, damp towel. The humidity hits first, in a way only Africa – or the Caribbean – can welcome me back. With no hesitation, no apologies. We’re driving east from the airport, and the island unfolds slowly before me.
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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1 month ago |
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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