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Best Literary Translations Anthology: A Call for a Co-Editor of Middle Eastern Literatures
Deadline for Applications: Monday, August 4, 2025 Call for Applications: A series co-editor for expertise in Middle Eastern literatures, for Best Literary Translations, an annual anthology that has been published by Deep Vellum since 2024. Best Literary Translations (BLT) is an annual anthology of exemplary poetry and prose translations into English that have appeared in […]
New York Black & African Literature Fesitval Debuts in September
A new literary festival titled The New York Black & African Literature Festival (NYBALF) will host writers, poets, public intellectuals, artists, and community organizers from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Americas in New York from September 5 – 7, 2025. Themed Radical Solidarities, the festival will continue the work of bringing the collective consciousness […]
Ceremonial Handover Of Entries For The 2025 Nigeria Prize For Science
The entries for the 2025 Nigeria Prize for Science has been formally handed over to the Advisory Board, chaired by renowned scientist Professor Barth Nnaji, at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, May 13th, 2025. The theme for the 2025 edition is “Innovations in ICT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Digital Technologies for Development” to […]
Presenting the Digitized Black Orpheus Journals
It gives us some pleasure to present the digitized copies of Black Orpheus journal to the public for the first time. Over the last six months, we’ve worked with Archivi.ng, a Nigerian nonprofit digitizing newspapers and other culture materials, to scan all the copies of Black Orpheus journals we obtained as part of the Black […]
“Ebrohimie Road” Screens at Randle Centre
On December 29, 2024, OlongoAfrica hosted a highly anticipated holiday screening of Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory at the J.Randle Centre in Onikan, Lagos. The film, which premiered in July 2024 as part of events to mark Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday has had a global tour, screening in London, Mexico, and parts of the […]
OlongoAfrica Black Orpheus Fellowship (Application)
OlongoAfrica is offering long-term and short-term opportunities to support quality research and writing on the history, politics, and influence of the Black Orpheus journal and the Mbari Club generation. We are offering both in-person fellowships on the ground in Lagos Nigeria, as well as remote fellowships in Nigeria and elsewhere around the world involving independent […]
Black Orpheus at Art X Lagos
Between October 31 and November 4, 2024, we unveiled an exhibition at the Art X Lagos showcasing the original covers and content of Black Orpheus journals. The exhibition, managed by JCAA Lagos, introduced attendees to a one-year project at OlongoAfrica which aims to unearth the history and legacy of Black Orpheus as a pan-African journal […]