Slightly over a decade ago, I heard the Yorùbá word “jápa” for the first time.  It’s always a bit jarring to hear a new word spoken in one’s native language. Sometimes it’s an archaic word, or one...

Slightly over a decade ago, I heard the Yorùbá word “jápa” for the first time.  It’s always a bit jarring to hear a new word spoken in one’s native language. Sometimes it’s an archaic word, or one...

I was recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the International Publishers Congress, an event organized every two years to discuss the publishing industry and its continued evolution.  I’d never been...

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún vs. Nature

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún vs. Nature

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on ‘Being Digital’; Brian Hioe on the possibility of corporal punishment in Taiwan

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YouTube video by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

Contemporary And (C&) is a platform for international contemporary art and thought.

Darlington Chibueze Anuonye reviews the new edition of Olabisi Ajala’s classic 1962 travelogue, An African Abroad.

On Tuesday, May 12, join U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Kola Tubosun, and Daniel Simon for a Zoom conversation about the urgency of literary translation.

On Tuesday, May 12, join U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Kola Tubosun, and Daniel Simon for a Zoom conversation about the urgency of literary translation.

Deep Vellum. 2026. 224 pages.

We don't really understand AI's inner workings, so we're effectively flying blind.

On Tuesday, May 12, join U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Noh Anothai, Wendy Call, Kola Tubosun, and Daniel Simon for a Zoom conversation about the urgency of literary translation.

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on an English scholar in Nigeria; new works from Luke O’Neil

I’ve just finished reading Ainehi Edoro’s Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, published last month by Columbia University Press. Edoro, the publisher of Brittle Paper—an important platform f...

It is 8:25 a.m. in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. I have been here for a week at the Festival of African Literature, sophomore edition, organized by the Sharjah Book Authority, a government entity als...

Call for Submissions: Best Literary Translations 2027 Deep Vellum is accepting nominations for the fourth edition of our celebrated anthology, Best Literary Translations . We are honored to show...

World Literature Today’s editors announce their 2025 year-end picks for the Pushcart Prize LI anthology and Best Literary Translations 2027.

YouTube video by New York Black and African Literature Festival

The 1960s periodical Black Orpheus united authors behind strikingly graphic covers. Now, its entire archive is available to view online

A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025 .

The 1960s periodical Black Orpheus united authors behind strikingly graphic covers. Now, its entire archive is available to view online

Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures

Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures

A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country.

A roundtable on translation, community, and the work that connects us, with the editors of the Best Literary Translations 2025 .

A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country.

Talk given at Boston University’s annual conference on Forced Displacement. April 7, 2025 Good afternoon everyone.  Like you, I’ve been watching the news.  And when I got the invitation to participate...

by The Editors Subscribe to Flaming Hydra to play HYDRANYM! A word game filled with fun and nonsense. This game will close on Friday at midnight PST. [countdown to 2025-10-25 12:00am PDT] Loo...

Recently I started listening to Fear No Man, a new podcast series by Barack Obama’s Higher Ground. Hosted by Jad Abumrad, the creator of Radiolab, it tells the story of the invention of Afrobeat, whic...