How Centre for Memories Conserves Igbo History and Culture executive director Iheanyi Igboko says, “grooming a generation of young people who are not only grounded in their history and culture but proud of their Igbo identity.” share.google/ViVonGaDqns2OB…

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Announcing the African Film Press (AFP) Critics Prize Nairobi, Kenya — The African Film Press (AFP), an alliance of independent film platforms across the continent, has announced the launch of the AFP Critics Prize, opencountrymag.com/african-film-p…

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Introduction to 20.35 Africa Vol. VIII: “The Desired and the Divine” Of the eighth volume guest-edited by Sarah Lubala and Logan February, managing editor Precious Okpechi writes: share.google/PVqtPhDSb1EvFs…

The African Festival Returns in Iowa City, with Open Country Mag as Official Media Partner opencountrymag.com/the-african-fe…

Kányin Olorunnisola’s Experimental Poetry Collection Ará’lúèbó: The Immigrant Monologues Forthcoming in March 2026 opencountrymag.com/araluebo-the-i…

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Leila Aboulela Receives 2025 PEN Pinter Prize, Names Stella Gaitano as International Writer of Courage She chose South Sudanese writer Stella Gaitano for being “a principled writer and a fearless activist.” share.google/Y0D8esVA9HpCvB…

Home, as James Baldwin wrote, was not only a place but a condition; and where one found happiness, one might call home. Until he could locate himself, Anowe knew that his lay in language — the English language, which he had a complex relationship with. opencountrymag.com/jk-anowe-a-con…

The essayist and novelist Emmanuel Iduma is named after his uncle who left home during the Nigerian Civil War, in 1967, to fight on Biafra’s side, but never returned. share.google/8IRT6drYP87xOx…

A Lack in Liberian Literature There is no literary bookstore in Africa’s oldest modern country. But, after civil wars and an epidemic, its writers are writing, and hoping. share.google/QhexgjETqQ0LvM…

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad, the actress’ debut collection of stories, sold over 2,200 copies, assuring it the No. 1 spot on The Rovingheights Bestseller List: share.google/yue5NZ3mCAgpYx…