Doek! Literary Magazine
@doeklitmag
A literary magazine from Namibia publishing fiction + nonfiction + poetry + visual art from Namibia + Africa + and the African diaspora.
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Writing Africa
@writingafrica_
News from the African and Black literature scene since 2013. Email: [email protected]. Donate: Patreon.com/writingafrica
Ondjaki
@ondjaki
escritor angolano / angolan writer - [email protected]
Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn
@lolashoneyin
Mum. Lover. Storyteller. Director, @akefestival & @KabaFest. @Ouidabooks. Author @iwriteforkidsng. Winner, 2023 Aficionado Award. FT's Women of '23🇳🇬 🇬🇧
African Writers
@africanwriters
curator of fine literature by African writers
Jina Moore
@itsjina
writer and editor. way over yonder in the Bluesky key.
Gorjas Mohale
@blckporcelain
Best-selling award winning author + Narrative Director at @nyamakop+ comic book writer (Kwezi, Marvel, DC) + screenwriter + script doctor Agent: @a_cochran
One Story
@onestorymag
Find ONE STORY on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook, all @onestorymag. ONE STORY publishes one great short story at a time.
Summer Sunset
@lolapaloser
The sensationalist || Right-handed
Laimi Elago
@laimi_elago
Mother of Two I Political Science Graduate I Broadcaster I Corporate Communications I Entrepreneur I
Nancy Adimora
@nancadimora
Publishing Babe • Founder @AFREADA • Building @OtherStoriesHQ • †
Chuma Nwokolo
@chumanwokolo
advocate, writer, optimist. Diaries of a Dead African | The Ghost of Sani Abacha | How to Spell Naija 1/2 | The Final Testament | The Extinction of Menai
Rémy Ngamije
@remythequill
Author: Only Stars Know The Meaning Of Space (2024) & The Eternal Audience Of One (2021) | Founder • chairperson: @doek_africa | Editor-in-chief: @doeklitmag
Bristol Short Story Prize
@bristolprize
International writing competition based in Bristol, UK, now housed at @UoBrisEnglish and coordinated by @Carrie_Etter bsky.app/profile/bristo…
ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social
@arablit
ALQ & Books: arablit.org * Reader-supported: patreon.com/arablit, arablit.gumroad.com * FIND US AT @arablit.bsky.social
The Caine Prize for African Writing
@caineprize
An annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer.
Henrietta Rose-Innes
@henriettari
Writer. Cape Town. NINEVEH, HOMING, GREEN LION. Represented by @Isobeldixon at blakefriedmann.co.uk hri.bsky.social henriettaroseinnes.com
Jamil F. Khan
@jamilfarouk
Multi-award winning author of #Khamr • Researcher • PhD Critical Diversity Studies Candidate • (they/them) 📧:[email protected]
BRITTLE PAPER
@brittlepaper
Your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle.
Kenechi Uzor
@kenechiuzor
Writing Instructor. EIC @iskanchipress. Words @catapultStory, @electriclit, @The_millions. Tin House Scholar. MFA @uofu. Denver Pub Grad
New Contrast
@newcontrastza
New Contrast is one of South African's oldest literary journals, specialising in literature and art from writers and artists across the world.
Commonwealth Foundation Creatives
@cwfcreatives
A community of storytellers and artists who believe in the transformative power of creative expression. Sharing creative opportunities from @commonwealthorg
Ukamaka Olisakwe; Or, Ngalakwesili
@msolisakwe
tv writer, novelist, editor | #Agoodjie for @canalplus | Ogadinma & DAWTCYN | founder & eic: @iselemagazine | Asst. Prof of Fiction & Screenwriting at WSU
Tlotlo Tsamaase
@tlotlotsamaase
Author | Lambda finalist | Nommo winner | WOMB CITY @ErewhonBooks | Stories in @clarkesworld, @brittlepaper, Africa Risen | Rep: @Naomislitpix
Plympton
@plympton
A literary studio that innovates in digital publishing: #subwaylibrary, @writingdowntown, recoveringtheclassics.com, @codexhackathon. Publishing is a craft.
Nadifa Mohamed
@thesailorsgirl
The Fortune Men @VikingBooksUk @aaknopf Black Mamba Boy The Orchard of Lost Souls Agent @aragiauthors
Radical Books Collective 🇵🇸🍉
@warscapes
💥RadicalBooksCollective • 📚DecolonizeThat book series • 🌍Warscapes mag SUPPORT @UNRWA @sdnsolidarity @workshops4gaza
cream city review
@creamcityreview
The Kalahari Review
@kalaharireview
Where Africa tells her stories
Africa Is a Country
@africasacountry
Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. @OpenSociety and @11thhourproject funded.
return to the source
@tschukutschuku
undisciplined cultural worker | sono-somatic archives | African performance studies | art history | public culture | method: hoeing & movemxnt
Foday Mannah
@fodaymannah
From Sierra Leone; lives in Scotland; teacher of English; dabbler in creative writing; Mo Siewcharran Competition winner 2022. Represented by @EliseDillsworth.
T Λ J TENFOLD
@tajfrancis
artist - hunting clouds Instagram.com/tajfrancis
AkeArts&BookFestival
@akefestival
#AkeFest25 Dates: 20-22 November 2025. Bringing together writers, artists, performers & thinkers for 3 days of cultural immersion. Organised by @BookBuzzNG.
NUBLACCSOUL #NBS| Stories from Africa to the World
@nublaccsoul
This is ancestral, past-life reading; this is meditation & prayer; this is future telling. Stories from Cosmopolitan Africa to the Afropolitan World.™️
Big Poet 🚨
@veripoems
Journlist/ Poet. I’m writing a book. Winner of 2023 Bank Windhoek Doek! Poetry Award @doeklitmag @_lolwe @iselemagazine @kinsmanquarterly
Sawad Hussain
@sawadhussain
Arabic litterateur | Palestine Book Award Judge | National Book Award Finalist 2024 I Art credit: Said Elatab and Shereen Audi
Madeleine Brook
@maelbro2
One small part of the research department at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach. But posting in a personal capacity. All views are my own.
A F R E A D A // stories from home
@afreada
ah-free-da • an african literary magazine + community • sharing stories from home subscribe for stories, book recs & more → afreada.com/newsletter
buhle
@buhlebemdali
"larger than the world’s chaos are its miracles"
Masobe Books
@masobebooks
Nigeria’s number 1 publishing house determined to discover, publish, promote, and distribute the best of Nigerian and African Writing. #LetUsRead
Sylvia
@binti_ilahuka
🇵🇬 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇺🇬 writer, model, fledgling actress, would've-been physician, @Wellesley alumna | comms @SegalFoundation | Prossy on @TheKojja
Femi Kayode
@femikay_author
Human loving, warts and all. Bestselling writer of LIGHTSEEKERS. Repped by DHH. GASLIGHT set for November 2023. Fingers always crossed. Words matter.
Troy Onyango
@troyonyango
founder @Lolwe_ @namand_co • co-founder @EnkareReview • owner @LolweBooksKE/@LolweBooksUK
Journal of African Youth Literature
@jay_literature
African youths have no bigger cheerleader than us. We publish work by and for them. Literary news + opportunities too. See the best of Africa through our lens.
Book Den Windhoek
@bookdenwindhoek
We are an independent bookshop in Windhoek, Namibia! We always try our best to bring you the best books, and if we don't have it, we'll order it. 061 239 976
Lolwe
@lolwe_
A Pan-African literary arts platform. Magazine | Academy | Bookstore | Publisher. Founder @TroyOnyango.
Book O'Clock
@booko_clock
Promoting literacy in northern Nigeria. Lit Journal: @bookclockreview | Book Club: @bookoclock_udus
OPEN COUNTRY MAG
@opencountrymag
Join 25,000+ subscribers to essential, in-depth stories contextualizing African literature and Nigerian film. Publisher of @folionigeria. Founder: @otosirieze.
The Shallow Tales Review
@shallowtales
Curating the finest writings in African and Black Literature, for the world. Editors: @NzubeNlebedim @o_okohia @BubeOrji @youceeanaekwe
bigblackbooks
@bigblackbooks
The blog for Black readers, writers, and publishers which is currently on a temporary hiatus.
Isele Magazine
@iselemagazine
A literary magazine that publishes notable fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews.
Jenny Rakoto
@jennyrakoto94
Photographer, writer, traveler, and sociology PhD | Antananarivo & Chicago
@WinniE_
@indileni_j
she writes💕 a mbadja girlie😌
Project 3541
@project_3541
Project3541 is an artistic and educational endeavor focused on the 1935-41 Italo-Ethiopian war.
Doek
@doek_africa
An independent arts organisation in Namibia supporting the literary arts. Founder + chairpeson + artministrator: @remythequill.
Lolwe Books KE
@lolwebookske
Kisumu’s bookshop and creative space. Reliable. Affordable. Efficient. For all your reading needs, contact us. Phone: 0702850522
T_Kanjaye
@t_kanjaye
Occasional Writer | Fulltime Misfit.
Naiwacademy
@naiwacademy
Official twitter of the Nairobi Writing Academy, an online, creative writing school started by @onjerika. Same handle on instagram. Full name on facebook
Emmerita
@thisisemmerita
Published Writer | Narrating Africa, Narrating Namibia Fellow | Editorial intern at Lolwe | Co-founder of @billetofficial | Biz tweets @emmeritaambata
Astra Magazine
@astra_mag
The international magazine of literature, in print and online.
Dr Hugh Ellis-Mwiya
@namtimetraveler
(He/him) Fake African, real Namibian. Academic, photojournalist, poet. Husband, brother, uncle, son. 🇳🇦🏳️🌈
House of Salone
@houseof_salone
A critically-conscious x creative production to shift the way we view the world, each other x ultimately ourselves. no political affiliation
Moya Magazine
@afremoyamag
Moya is a literary magazine that explores Black life across the globe. Brought to you by @afreglobal.
Denga
@dhanghuwo
Award winning writer🏆. Published in @doeklitmag @lolwe_ @wsacentre @kengadigital
Charmaine Gamxamus
@gmxms
✝️Believer, poet, author and friend. Imago Dei
The Selkie
@theselkieuk
Non-profit CIC. Litmag. We support and publish underrepresented writers. 📚 🥰 Our newest anthology Stories of Rebellion is out now!