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     Celebrate Emerging African Writers!



This month, Brown Girl Book Lover & Brittle Paper has joined forces to celebrate 9 emerging writers selected for their boundary pushing work in African writing.

These writers are South African novelist Thenjiwe Sibongiseni Mswane, British-Sierra Leonian Memuna Konteh, Namibian novelist and editor Rémy Ngamije, Cameroonian novelist Nana Nkweti, South African poet and visual artist Meghan Ross, Nigerian speculative fiction writer Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Motswana science fiction writer Tlotlo Tsamaase, and Kenyan author Ciku Kimeria.

We want to introduce readers to these new voices on the rise and celebrate their ongoing literary contributions. Some of these writers have published their first book and some of them are on the way to publication. All their voices are valid, unique, and shows why Africa is the cradle of storytelling.




Our Feature Write: Remy Ngamije

Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Doek, Namibia’s first and only literary magazine. His stories have appeared in The Johannesburg Review of Books, Columbia Journal, and he was shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing in 2020. His novel, The Eternal Audience of One is a cinematic journey of a young Rwandan student, Seraphine who is in his final year at Remns University in Cape Town. The novel primarily focuses on Seraphine and his group of millennial friends who are attempting to carve out their own position in the world, but it also highlights the intricacies of racism, colorism and the emotional plight of African immigrants on the continent. Rémy’s writing is compelling, witty, and hooks into your skin.

What the critics are saying:
“At once a millennial caper and a loving homage to all that is lost in exile, The Eternal Audience of One is nothing short of brilliant. The humor in this stunning novel will keep you glued, but it is the wisdom – elegiac and mature -- that will keep you mesmerized. Take note world: Rémy Ngamije is that electrifying voice you have been waiting for.” 
—Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize

"A novel of youthful anxiety and dreams — written at a lively, chatty pace — that poses an eternal question: What will happen after graduation?" —The New York Times

You can read the entire interview on Brittle Paper. 

WATCH THE INTERVIEW!
Emerging African Writers You Should Know!
Ciku Kimeria is Kenyan, an explorer, communication expert and MIT alum. She is the editor of Quartz Africa and she has also written for  African Arguments, OkayAfrica, and The Africa Report. Kimeria's novel, “Dance of the Monkeys,” is a whodunit mystery novel that focuses on a Nairobi engagement party that turns deadly. 
Tlotlo Tsamaase is a Motswana writer currently living in Botswana. Tlotlo's novella, The Silence of the Wilting Skin, is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award finalist and was shortlisted for the 2021 Nommo Ward. Tlotlo's short fiction has appeared in The Best of World SF Volume 1, Clarkesworld, Terraform, and many more. Tlotlo is a 2017 Rhysling Award nominee and a 2011 Bessie Head Short Short Story Award winner. 
Megan Ross was born in Johannesburg. Her multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between the body, oceans, earth, violence, spirituality and sexuality has manifested in several career streams: journalism, art direction and graphic design, writing and editing, and visual art. Megan’s first book, a collection of poetry, Milk Fever straddled the psychic, geographic and bodily divides inherent in modern and mythical motherhood in a blend of playful, intertextual experimentation and “Plathian” prose poetry. Her bylines include New Frame News, Glamour Magazine, GQ, Catapult, O, the Oprah magazine, Mail & Guardian, and Brittle Paper.
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2022 IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL BOOKISH YEAR! 

This year we will feature another round of many beautiful and talented writers. 

1. Rémy Ngamije -  Rwanda + Namibia
2. SJ Sindu - Tamil diaspora + Canada 
3. Ladee Hubbard - New Orleans 
4. Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah - Ghana
5. Cleyvis Natera - Dominican Republic  + New Jersey
6. Rebecca Hal - New York City
  • AND MANY, MANY MORE!                                                                 

My name is Leslie Ann Murray. I’m a fiction writer, a book lover, a Trinidadian, a New Yorker, and your tour guide to literary diversity. 
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