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2025

Excerpt: 100 Days, 100 Stories edited by Jo Ingabire Moys

Foreword by Jo Ingabire Moys. When I was twenty-five years old, my friends and I had a quarter-life crisis. However, unlike my friends who were grappling with millennial angst, I was haunted by a question I couldn’t answer: How would I explain my family’s past to my…
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by brittle paper – may 22, 2025

Ainehi Edoro-Glines Interviewed in Imprint Africa: Conversations with African Women Publishers

The world of African publishing has been shaped by the work of women, and a new book, Imprint Africa: Conversations with African Women Publishers, examines their transformative role over the past two decades. Recently published by Modjaji Books…
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by brittle paper – march 17, 2025

2024

Our Favorite Books Published by Africa-based or African-owned indie Publishers in 2024

The challenges faced by publishers based on the continent are enormous. In countries where running any business comes with unique hurdles, publishing is even more daunting. Not to mention that in the global space, they have to compete with the “big-five” US…
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by brittle paper – december 13, 2024

2021

The Power of Memory

When Eric Ngalle Charles recited his poem, “My Mother’s Kitchen”, my senses were mesmerized. I didn’t know that one could beautifully write creative non-fiction through poetry; stanza by stanza, highlighting his culture and language as well as portraying…
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by african writers trust – november 11, 2021

In other Words… AiW news and July-August’s wrap

Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. This month we are covering news and events across July and August following our short holiday hiatus from our round-up wrap last…
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by africa in words – september 02, 2021

20 Writers Shortlisted for the Huza Press/Goethe Institute Writing Residency

Twenty writers have been shortlisted for the Huza Press/Goethe Institut Writing Residency. The residency, in its inaugural year, is open to writers seeking to complete or make significant progress on a novel manuscript. The 2021 edition is themed “Writing Gender.”…
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by brittle paper – JULY 07, 2021

In other Words… AiW news and May’s wrap

Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We have also introduced a separate “Calls for” post in our “Other Words” this month, rounding up opportunities and shout-outs for…
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by africa in words – june 02, 2021

EVENT | Yolande Mukagasana with Zoe Norridge and Kristen Stern on Writing, Translation, and Testimony

As part of a new collaborative literary program, Kigali-based publishing house Huza Press (Kigali) and Authors. Café will be hosting an event centered around the Rwandan genocide in May, which is part of the designated mourning period for the victims of the genocide…
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by brittle paper – may 12, 2021

Apply to Huza Press/Goethe Institute Writing Residency | Deadline: 16th May 2021

This September, Rwanda-based publisher Huza Press is collaborating with the Goethe Institute-Kigali to host a four-week residency in Kigali. The residency is open to up to two writers (one based in Africa and one German-speaking writer based anywhere in the…
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by brittle paper – MAY 06, 2021

A Nation in Motion? A Review of Billy Kahora’s The Cape Cod Bicycle War (2)

AiW note: This week, we bring you two reviews of Billy Kahora’s short story collection, The Cape Cod Bicycle Wars and Other Stories – originally published by Huza Press (Kigali) in 2019 and made available in the US with Ohio University Press in 2020. On the release of…
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by africa in words – january 27, 2021

Review: Billy Kahora’s The Cape Cod Bicycle War and Other Stories (1)

AiW note: This week, we bring you two reviews of Billy Kahora’s short story collection, The Cape Cod Bicycle Wars and Other Stories – originally published by Huza Press (Kigali) in 2019 and made available in the US with Ohio University Press in 2020.  Published in these…
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by africa in words – january 26, 2021

In other Words… AiW news and December’s wrap

Happy New Year! After a short break, we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, and catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ from the end of 2020 – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our social media…
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by brittle paper – january 12, 2021

LARB Feature Explores How African Literary Creativity is Shaping Digital Culture

A recent Los Angeles Review of Books essay offers an overview of the ways that digital literary culture is being shaped by the work of African creatives. The essay was written by Bhakti Shringarpure, associate professor of English at the University of Connecticut and…
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by brittle paper – january 06, 2021

2020

Happy Holidays to All Lovers of African Literature!

2020 is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! We at Brittle Paper would like to thank all our readers for your unwavering support throughout a year that, as eventful as it has been, was nonetheless filled once again with fabulous achievements by African and…
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by brittle paper – DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Huza Press Anthology 2015 Versus and other stories

How refreshing, stories from Rwanda not mentioning, or set in the time of, the genocide of 1994. Twenty-one years later, the country has come of age; at least its authors have. The genocide had a huge impact on the country and remains an important defining…
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by tls publications – november 11, 2020

The Measure of Africa’s Time: A Decade of Our Collective Literary Pursuits

10 years ago, a dewy-eyed graduate student, I started writing a blog on literature and philosophy. It was supposed to be a personal project because writing is how I think and survive. But after a decade of hard work, hard lessons, experimentation, some failures, and…
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by brittle paper – october 27, 2020

Celebrating ‘The Decade Project’ with Brittle Paper: 10 AiW African Literary Cultural Faves

Literary blog and archiving platform Brittle Paper turns 10 this year! Happy birthday BP! This month we take up their invitation to join their celebrations in their #DecadeProject with a post marking the last ten years as a significant decade in…
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by africa in words – september 24, 2020

Spice Up Your Reading with These 16 Short Story Collections by African Authors from Indie Presses

So maybe reading huge books to kill that lockdown time isn’t your thing. No worries; there are short story collections aplenty for the reader who wants a quick dose of fiction from time to time. Here, we’ve collected sixteen notable recently-published short story…
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by brittle paper – MAY 07, 2020

Online event: ‘The Cape Cod Bicycle War’ – Billy Kahora in conversation at the Polis Project’s Virtual Book Salon

Writer and editor Billy Kahora’s highly anticipated story collection, The Cape Cod Bicycle War: and Other Stories – originally published by Huza Press (Kigali) in 2019 and available in Africa – made its US debut with Ohio University Press this year in March. With the book…
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by africa in words – april 16, 2020

Ohio University Press Releases US Edition of Billy Kahora’s Debut Story Collection

Ohio University Press has published the US edition of the Kenyan writer and Kwani? editor Billy Kahora’s debut short story collection. The book, titled The Cape Cod Bicycle War and Other Stories, is the latest addition to the press’ Modern African Writing Series and was…
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by brittle paper – APRIL 03, 2020

The Caine Prize Enters Major 3-Year Partnership with The AKO Foundation, Becomes The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

PRESS RELEASE: The AKO Foundation Offers Major Support to The Caine Prize for African Writing
London, 29 January 2020 – The Caine Prize for African Writing is delighted to announce a…
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by brittle paper – january 29, 2020

2019

‘Women at the Forefront’: Three Interviews From PublisHer at Nairobi

As busy as the central agenda was at at the International Publishers Association‘s (IPA)  “Africa Rising” seminar in Nairobi, there was time for  a dinner program in the newly created PublisHer series of events meant to celebrate women in publishing and…
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by publishing perspectives – july 08, 2019

Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins the 2019 Caine Prize, on Her Third Shortlisting

Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 2019 Caine Prize, the prize’s twentieth edition, for her short story “Skinned,” published in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern‘s Issue 53. The announcement was made an hour ago at the award dinner at Senate House, University of…
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by brittle paper – july 08, 2019

Event | Huza Press & Goethe-Institut to Host Launch & Reading of Billy Kahora’s New Short Story Collection in Kigali

Billy Kahora, editor of Kwani? and creative writing lecturer at the University of Bristol, will have his short story collection launched at Huza Press and Goethe-Institut’s KigaliLit event on 14 June. Published by Huza Press, The Cape Cod Bicycle War and Other Stories comes…
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by brittle paper – JUNE 10, 2019

Call for Applications: Saseni! Short Story Workshop, Hargeysa International Book Fair (Deadline: 8 June)

Calling intermediate and established writers based on the African continent with an idea for a new short story that you want time, space and feedback to develop further! Saseni! and the Hargeysa International Book Fair invite applications for a four-day writing…
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by africa in words – may 25, 2019

The Caine Prize Announces 2019 Shortlist

Update: For failure to attribute an original source, the Caine Prize, in September 2019, removed Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor’s “All Our Lives” from its 2019 shortlist, while Short Story Day Africa released a statement on intertextuality. Five writers—from Cameroon…
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by brittle paper – mAY 21, 2019

2018

Read Up and Wind Down: Season’s Reading from Africa in Words

As 2018 winds down, Africa in Words is taking a small break over the holiday period to gear up for a new year full of exciting plans. As a new Associate Reviews Editor myself, I can vouch for the efforts of the reviews team and the new communications and management…
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by africa in words – december 31, 2018

RadioBook Rwanda: Bringing Together Text, Sound & Audiences

To me, RadioBook Rwanda reads and sounds like a documentation of the Rwandan way of living. When I engage with each of the stories, I can see them expanding from the author’s eyes and making tangible everyday life of the Rwandan community. Each one of these…
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by africa in words – december 13, 2018

How Short Story Day Africa Became the Continent’s Most Important Institution for Short Fiction

Sibongile Fisher was hanging out with friends, eating burgers at Snack Boss, a restaurant in Tembisa, a township in the East Rand in Johannesburg, when she saw the link on Facebook: a post congratulating her. It was November of 2016 and she had won the Short…
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by brittle paper – june 29, 2018

Rwanda’s Huza Press Set to Publish Hybrid Books Combining Words, Art, and Sound

Big shout out to Africa-based presses creating opportunities for writers.Huza Press recently announced the list of writers and artists selected to participate in their exciting new collaborative project. Thanks to funding provided by the British Council, Huza Press is…
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by brittle paper – MAY 28, 2018

CFA: RadioBook Rwanda Publishing Workshops: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 March, Kigali

RadioBook Rwanda is an innovative publishing collaboration between Huza Press (RW), Kwani Trust (KE) and No Bindings (UK) supported by the British Council’s East Africa Arts programme. As part of this collaboration, we are pleased to invite applications for two…
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by africa in words – march 15, 2018

2017

Call Out: New Writing & Artwork, RadioBook Rwanda, Deadline 25 January 2018

Huza Press (RW) invites submissions of short fiction and nonfiction by Rwandan writers and artwork by Rwandan and Kenyan artists for a new imprint created in collaboration with No Bindings (UK) and Kwani Trust (KE). This new book series brings together the…
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by africa in words – december 19, 2017

Brittle Paper Anniversary Event: “2010s: The Decade of African Literary Expansion” | A Conversation on Facebook

On August 1, 2017, Brittle Paper will be seven years old. To mark our anniversary, we are organising a series of events, among which are Facebook conversations with writers, editors and founders of literary initiatives. This is the first of our anniversary conversations…
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by brittle paper – JULY 27, 2017

#AfricaWrites17 | Poetry Readings, Book Launches, Workshops | See the Full Lineup of Events

The 2017 Africa Writes Festival program has been released. As we expected, the lineup is stacked with exciting events and lots of high-profile appearances. Here are a few highlights: The festival kicks off on Friday June 30th with a Rhythm and Poetry (R.A.P.) party, an…
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by brittle paper – june 12, 2017

Call for Poetry Submissions / Appel à contributions poétiques: A Song for Burundi, Deadline 15 April 2017

Huza Press in collaboration with Africa Writes and Jalada Africa is pleased to announce a call for submissions for a poetry anthology from Burundians living in exile. Inspired by the creative force of the large Burundian population living in Rwanda, this anthology entitled…
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by africa in words – april 11, 2017

Reflections on the Uganda International Writers Conference – By Zaahida Nabagereka

In March, 2017, I participated in the Uganda International Writers Conference, which was held in Kampala, Uganda, under the theme: Contemporary Publishing Trends in Africa. It was hosted by the African Writers Trust. Speaking on the panel: DIY Narratives on Current…
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by african writers trust – MARCH 24, 2017

Shortlist for Rwanda’s Huza Press Prize for Fiction Announced

In January, we ran a feature on how the Huza Press Prize for Fiction is reshaping Rwandan literature. We also announced the release of its longlist. And now their shortlist is out. Congratulations to the shortlisted writers. The winner will be announced on 18 March…
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by brittle paper – MARCH 13, 2017

Rwanda’s Huza Press Prize for Fiction Releases Longlist

The longlist for Rwanda’s 2016 Huza Press Prize for Fiction is out, and there are twenty writers on it. The short stories features are written in both English and French. The US$1,000 Huza Press Prize, described by James Murua as “Rwanda’s most prestigious,” is in its second year and has…
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by brittle paper – JANUARY 16, 2017