lucille clifton reading her great “homage to my hips”, a poem that’s been ringing in my ears since #wap released.

A chat with 2020 AKO Caine winner, ⁦Irenosen Okojie⁩ By the Book: AKO Caine Prize winner Irenosen Okojie  | Nation nation.co.ke/kenya/life-and…

Surprising that Edward P. Jones is featured in this series on “overlooked” writers in NYT. I certainly haven’t overlooked him. He may be the greatest living American writer in my opinion. nytimes.com/2020/08/11/boo…

Here’s what I do know. Whether you like Kamala or not. The current administration is going to unleash a disgusting and disrespectful attack on her mainly bc she is a black woman. We have to protect her and uplift her as much as possible throughout this campaign.

Countries in the West need to stop using African nations as a barometer against which to measure their successes and failures.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but let black women have this moment. And realize, people have demanded that black women support people who are waaaaaaay more problematic. So yes, we expect y’all to keep that same energy.

The dark side of wellness: behind a Netflix series on a murky industry theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Colorism, whitewashing & appropriation worsened over the years and helped drive the capitalist machine in entertainment. Black people who were put in certain positions cared more about their sit at the white table than the collective & corrective representation of black people.

The fact that my parents are richer than I am is a source of anguish for me. How am I supposed to bury them well when they die kwanu? See, I'm doing final edits for my agent. Y'all need to buy the hell out of this book (and subsequent others) when it's published. Biko. E jo.

Part 2 of Thandiwe Muriu’s Camo series “Celebrates our hair, reimagining traditional African hairstyles as the crowns of beauty we ought to treasure them as.”

👇🏿The AKO The Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 winner Irenosen Okojie's collection Nudibranch, including her winning story 'Grace Jones' was included in the The Bookseller's Literary Short Story Preview. Congratulations! 📚

The 2021 #CWprize is now open for entries. Submit your short story here: commonwealthwriters.org/cssp-2021/ #WritingCompetitions #WritingCommunity #fiction

𝗛𝗔𝗚 🍄✨ 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 This gorgeous little book includes Ten little known British folktales, retold with a modern and feminist twist by ten fabulous female writers. Read my review: ⤵️ instagram.com/p/CGaDFxcgoYy/… #BookTwitter #BookReview 📚✨

Huge congratulations to one of this year's AKO The Caine Prize for African Writing shorlistees Rémy Ngamije for an exciting shortlisting for the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship! 👇🏿📚🎉

Let's be careful with how we share images of broken, black bodies. We should have empathy without people perching like flies over black suffering.

#DeleteFacebook before Facebook deletes democracy

Tsitsi Dangarembga @efie41209591 spoke to The New York Times about her writing, story and beliefs. Stunning words from the author of "This Mournable Body”, shortlisted for the this year's Booker Prize. *J-3* until the winner announcement... stay tuned! & read on 👇🏿 nytimes.com/2020/11/15/boo…

🗣️ *D-2!* On the brink of a Booker: 2020's shortlisted authors on the stories behind their novels... 🌟📚💃🏿 theguardian.com/books/2020/nov…

🗣️ This year, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, we're moving to online submissions for the 2021 Prize edition. Please send your stories submissions for the AKO The Caine Prize for African Writing 2021 to *[email protected]*. Looking forward to reading your works! 🙌🏿📚

Be part of Irenosen Okojie's digital launch of the paperback of #Nudibranch as we celebrate her book together. Irenosen will be in conversation with publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove and we're all invited. Get it in the diary! salon-london.com/event/book-clu…