50 Best African Literature Blogs & Websites in 2025

1. Brittle Paper

Blog https://brittlepaper.com/ + Follow Blog
Welcome to Brittle Paper, your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news and juicy updates on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 27KTwitter Followers 32.5KInstagram Followers 18.1K Frequency 2 posts/day Since Aug 2010 Domain Authority 53 Read Now Get Email Contact Get Influential Bloggers ContactsGet access to 250k active Bloggers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the type of bloggers you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share blogger's data in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. All Africa

Blog https://allafrica.com/books/ + Follow Blog
AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 700 news and information items daily from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public.MORE Email ****@allafrica.com
Facebook Followers 272.4KTwitter Followers 481.7K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 84 Read Now Get Email Contact

3. Africa in Words

Blog https://africainwords.com/ + Follow Blog
Africa in Words is a blog focusing on cultural production and Africa. We cover books, art, film, history, music, ideas and people and the ways they interact.
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Facebook Followers 2.3KTwitter Followers 9.4KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 post/quarter Since Oct 2011 Domain Authority 45 Read Now Get Email Contact

4. The Chimurenga Chronic

Blog https://chimurengachronic.co.za/ + Follow Blog
Based in Africa, but with a global reach, the Chronic is an ideal platform for institutions, organisations and brands looking to get beyond the borders of nation-states and associate themselves with a cutting-edge pan-African vision.MORE Email ****@chimurenga.co.za
Facebook Followers 10.4KTwitter Followers 489Instagram Followers 10.1K Frequency 2 posts/month Domain Authority 49 Read Now Get Email Contact

5. ACEworld Publishers

Blog https://aceworldpub.com.ng/ + Follow Blog
Your No. 1 page for latest opportunity, education and literary news.
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Facebook Followers 1.8KTwitter Followers 523 Frequency 4 posts/day Domain Authority 23 Read Now Get Email Contact

6. Open Country Mag

Blog https://opencountrymag.com/ + Follow Blog
Open Country Mag is a multiplatform space for African literature. We exist to record literary culture in Africa; to make the deep archives of literary resources, data, and history available for use anywhere, from general reading to academia; and, crucially, to be a ladder for the next generation of African writers, thinkers, literary journalists, and curators, to provide necessary tools in their development.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 3.4KInstagram Followers 1.7K Frequency 2 posts/month Domain Authority 8 Read Now Get Email Contact

7. Arts Lounge

Blog https://artsloungenyc.com/ + Follow Blog
Covers articles on promoting literature from Africa and the Diaspora. Arts Lounge believes Literature is a tool for radical, positive change in society, and in the fight against stereotypes; therein lies our dedication and drive.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 4.4K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 9 Read Now Get Email Contact

8. Mocha Girls Read

Blog https://mochagirlsread.com/ + Follow Blog
We are a group of Black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like minded women.
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Facebook Followers 7.2KTwitter Followers 7.4KInstagram Followers 8.5K Frequency 4 posts/month Domain Authority 32 Read Now Get Email Contact

9. Writers Space Africa

Blog https://www.writersspace.net/tag/african-lite.. + Follow Blog
Writers Space Africa is an international literary magazine, which features rich diversity of writings from African writers to a global audience.
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Facebook Followers 2.7KTwitter Followers 2.5K Frequency 16 posts/month Domain Authority 18 Read Now Get Email Contact

10. African Literature Association

Blog https://africanlit.org/ + Follow Blog
The African Literature Association is an independent non-profit professional society open to scholars, teachers and writers from every country. It exists primarily to facilitate the attempts of a world-wide audience to appreciate the efforts of African writers and artists.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 5.2KTwitter Followers 2K Frequency 4 posts/quarter Domain Authority 39 Read Now Get Email Contact

11. Africa Access

Blog https://africaaccessreview.org/ + Follow Blog
Africa Access Review, our online database, contains over annotations and reviews of children's books about Africa published in the U.S. Our reviews are written by university professors, librarians, and teachers most of whom have lived in Africa and have graduate degrees in African Studies.MORE Email ****@aol.com
Facebook Followers 734Twitter Followers 344 Frequency 30 posts/year Domain Authority 35 Read Now Get Email Contact

12. Playground of Randomness

Blog https://playgroundofrandomness.co.za/ + Follow Blog
My name is Shanice Singh and I,m an English major. I enjoy reading, writing, watching TV and good clothes. I have an unhealthy obsession with books and shopping. I'm from sunny South Africa.
Facebook Followers 79Twitter Followers 586Instagram Followers 11 Frequency 1 post/month Since Feb 2016 Domain Authority 13 Read Now Get Email Contact

13. uHlanga

Blog http://uhlangapress.co.za/ + Follow Blog
uHlanga focuses on publishing single-author collections. We also publish a small number of edited anthologies and chapbooks. uHlanga was founded in 2014 as a magazine of poetry from KwaZulu-Natal. Our books have won most major South African and African poetry awards, including three Ingrid Jonker Prizes for Poetry in English, and more.MORE Email ****@uhlangapress.co.za
Facebook Followers 1.5KTwitter Followers 501Instagram Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 32 Read Now Get Email Contact

14. The Afro Reader

Blog https://www.theafroreader.com/ + Follow Blog
Our goal is to bridge the gap between literature books and those using digital media while working with the Sustainable Development Goals in mind.
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Facebook Followers 363Twitter Followers 454 Frequency 1 post/year Domain Authority 7 Read Now Get Email Contact

15. WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM Blog

Blog https://www.wrr.ng/blog/ + Follow Blog
We are a foremost Nigerian publishing and educational institution. The culture of helping each other grow has become our strength, as we actively promote Nigerian writing, acting as a support base for young Nigerian writers and providing client-customized publishing services at competitive rates.MORE Email ****@wrr.ng
Facebook Followers 6.6KInstagram Followers 3.4K Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 22 Read Now Get Email Contact

16. Black books blog

Blog https://blackbooks2017.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
I will be reviewing all the books I read and also interviewing authors when they have book launches. I am also involved in lots of Blog tours for various Publishers and Independent authors so if you are looking for an honest review of a new book then look no further.MORE Facebook Followers 105 Frequency 2 posts/year Domain Authority 19 Read Now Get Email Contact

17. Librettong

Blog https://librettong.com/ + Follow Blog
LIBRETTO is a publishing company, bookstore & and Africa's finest online magazine of arts and publishing that aims to publish the works of new/emerged and established writers and artists and all kinds of literary electronic publication and distribution of EBook across Africa and the world at large. We aim to publish fine and qualified works considering race and themes. We so much believe that literature and arts should be celebrated for their aesthetics. We want to inform, educate, exposing morals and ideals. We also define new voices as those with qualities, new themes, styles, and forms.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 836Instagram Followers 483 Frequency 8 posts/quarter Domain Authority 9 Read Now Get Email Contact

18. PAROUSIA Magazine

Blog https://parousiamagazine.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Africa's First Christian Arts And Literary Magazine. our vision is to be a platform where the arts and literature would be made available, reaching nations, covering the earth.
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Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 428Instagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 4 posts/quarter Domain Authority 8 Read Now Get Email Contact

19. THE LEO NATION

Blog https://leomuzivoreva.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
A warm welcome to TheLeoNation, a land of non-fictional chronicles, debacles and anecdotes on life as an African literate, the ups and downs, common and rare, are shared here.
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Twitter Followers 529 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 6 Read Now Get Email Contact

20. Afrinotes

Blog https://afrinotes.net/articles/ + Follow Blog
Afrinotes publishes book reviews, critical essays, summaries and analyses of African literary works. Our aim is to make reference materials on African literary works and other educational materials available to both students and researchers who are curious to know more about the African world.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 571Twitter Followers 3 Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 1 Read Now Get Email Contact

21. MahoganyBooks | African American Literature Blog

Blog http://blog.mahoganybooks.com/ + Follow Blog
MahoganyBooks is an online bookstore that believes in social entrepreneurship. We take a leadership role in the community promoting African American literature, reading, writing, and cultural awareness as tools to improve communities as well as enrich the lives of motivated individuals.MORE Email ****@mahoganybooks.com
Facebook Followers 16.3KTwitter Followers 15K Since Aug 2014 Domain Authority 39 Read Now Get Email Contact

22. Literary Tourism

Blog https://literarytourism.co.za/ + Follow Blog
Through KZN Literary Tourism we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa. KZN Literary Tourism is a resource for those interested in books.MORE Email ****@ukzn.ac.za
Facebook Followers 674Twitter Followers 542 Domain Authority 31 Read Now Get Email Contact

23. PEN South Africa

Blog http://pensouthafrica.co.za/ + Follow Blog
PEN South Africa represents the writers of southern and South Africa. We celebrate literature, defend freedom of expression, and aid writers in prison.
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Facebook Followers 2.7KTwitter Followers 5.6K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 33 Read Now Get Email Contact

24. Naija Stories

Blog https://www.naijastories.com/ + Follow Blog
Promoting Nigerian Reading and Writing. Naija Stories is a website set up and committed to promoting Nigerian Fiction. We are a social network for Nigerian writers of all skill levels and readers of both genre novels and literary fiction.MORE Email ****@naijastories.com
Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 1.5K Domain Authority 40 Read Now Get Email Contact

25. Books LIVE

Blog http://bookslive.co.za/cat/reviews/ + Follow Blog
South African, African and international books and literature news, as it happens. Web network and news source for southern African writers and publishers.
Email ****@book.co.za
Facebook Followers 11.4KTwitter Followers 22.2K Domain Authority 58 Read Now Get Email Contact

26. Saraba Magazine

Blog https://sarabamag.com/ + Follow Blog
Saraba is a literary magazine focused on the work of new writers in Nigeria and other parts of the African continent. Since 2009, we have published several issues of a magazine, editions of poetry chapbooks, and online-only work.MORE Email ****@sarabamag.com
Facebook Followers 6.6KTwitter Followers 7.5K Domain Authority 40 Read Now Get Email Contact

27. African American Literature Book Club Blog

Blog https://aalbc.com/blog/ + Follow Blog
AALBC are the largest and most popular website dedicated to African American books and Black literature from around the world. We celebrate Black culture, through books, for readers of all backgrounds to enjoy. Follow this blog to know more about African American Literature Books.MORE Email ****@aalbc.com
Twitter Followers 7.1KInstagram Followers 3.1K Since Dec 2004 Domain Authority 62 Read Now Get Email Contact

28. The Caine Prize for African Writing Blog

Blog http://www.caineprize.com/blog/ + Follow Blog
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award. In addition to administering the Prize, we work to connect readers with African writers through a series of public events, as well as helping emerging writers in Africa to enter the world of mainstream publishing.MORE Email ****@caineprize.com
Facebook Followers 10KTwitter Followers 18.7KInstagram Followers 4.5K Frequency 1 post/year Domain Authority 53 Read Now Get Email Contact

29. Bookshy

Blog http://www.bookshybooks.com/ + Follow Blog
I fell in love with African literature, and I've been hooked ever since. Bookshy is my personal labour of love dedicated to African literature. It is a space where I celebrate, promote and recognise contemporary African literature - although sometimes I go back in time to commemorate the greats. It is about the books I love, the books I have read and the books that I am dying to read.MORE Email ****@gmail.com.
Facebook Followers 649Twitter Followers 3.9K Domain Authority 33 Read Now Get Email Contact

30. AFREADA

Blog https://www.afreada.com/ + Follow Blog
AFREADA is an online literary magazine, featuring original short stories from emerging writers across the Continent. A fusion of the two words, Africa and Reader, we live for the well-crafted narratives and effortless reads that speak to our daily realities as Africans at home and abroad.MORE Email ****@afreada.com
Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 13.5KInstagram Followers 6.6K Domain Authority 31 Read Now Get Email Contact

31. Jalada Africa

Blog https://jaladaafrica.org/ + Follow Blog
Jalada Africa is pan-African writers collective. Our aim is to publish literature by African authors regularly by making it as easy as possible for any member to publish anything or execute any literary project as quickly and effectively as possible.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 11.3KTwitter Followers 11.5K Frequency 10 posts/year Domain Authority 34 Read Now Get Email Contact

32. Kinna Reads

Blog https://kinnareads.com/ + Follow Blog
I love books, reading, nurturing and developing my appreciation for the art form. I read mostly fiction, both contemporary and classic. I really enjoy world literature. I'm partial to women writers and their works, especially African women writers.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 105Twitter Followers 9.5KInstagram Followers 668 Domain Authority 35 Read Now Get Email Contact

33. African Writer Magazine

Blog https://www.africanwriter.com/ + Follow Blog
African Writer Magazine is a New Jersey-based monthly celebrating African Literature & Writers.
Email ****@africanwriter.com
Facebook Followers 179 Frequency 17 posts/year Domain Authority 37 Read Now Get Email Contact

34. The Book Club Blog

Blog https://thebookclubblog.co.za/ + Follow Blog
At The Book Club Blog we read books. Many of them, and we share bookish information.
Facebook Followers 359Twitter Followers 111 Since Sep 2009 Domain Authority 14 Read Now Get Email Contact

35. The Black Book Review Online

Blog https://www.qbrbookreview.com/ + Follow Blog
QBR is the first national book review exclusively dedicated to books about the African experience. In its pages you will find fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's books, health and lifestyle management, writers from Africa and the Caribbean--the whole of the Diaspora, the whole of our experience.MORE Email ****@qbr.com
Twitter Followers 841Instagram Followers 1.5K Domain Authority 34 Read Now Get Email Contact

36. African Book Addict

Blog https://africanbookaddict.com/ + Follow Blog
My name is Darkowaa and I am a Ghanaian-American, currently living where my heart feels most at home, Accra, Ghana. African Book Addict was created mid-2014 and its dedicated to celebrating BLACK literature through book reviews, book chats with fellow readers & writers, book hauls and more.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 2.1KInstagram Followers 5.5K Frequency 1 post/quarter Since Jun 2014 Domain Authority 33 Read Now Get Email Contact

37. Wawa Book Review

Blog https://wawabookreview.com/ + Follow Blog
Wawa Book Review focuses on the outputs of African publishers. We cannot review all books published by African publishers, not even all the important ones. We however will do as much as our generous, volunteer reviewers can manage. Review copies of newly published books are welcome. However, we cannot guarantee that we will review every book we receive.MORE Email ****@wawabookreview.com
Facebook Followers 532Twitter Followers 4K Domain Authority 17 Read Now Get Email Contact

38. New Books Nigeria

Blog https://newbooksnigeria.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
New Book Nigeria is a portal of new creative writing out of Nigeria. We catalogue new books written by Nigerians or set significantly in Nigeria since 2011.
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Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 1.3K Domain Authority 18 Read Now Get Email Contact

39. Maisha Yetu

Blog https://kenyanbooks.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
This site is run by Nairobi based journalist Joseph Ngunjiri. It focus on the arts in general but has quite a bit of information from the Kenyan publishing industry.
Twitter Followers 917 Domain Authority 15 Read Now Get Email Contact

40. Incessant Scribble

Blog https://osonduawaraka.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
An African Literary Blog. Book Reviews | Author Interviews | Short Stories from the continent of Africa.
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Facebook Followers 15.9KTwitter Followers 72 Domain Authority 16 Read Now Get Email Contact

41. The Namse Chronicles

Blog https://thenamsechronicles.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Namse's perspectives on love, socio-cultural issues and life in general.
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Twitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 3 posts/year Domain Authority 2 Read Now Get Email Contact

42. Sooo Many Stories Blog

Blog http://somanystories.ug/blog + Follow Blog
This site aims to show you our (Uganda) literature. To remind everyone that we are here, we are writing, we are reading and we have sooo many stories to tell.
Email ****@somanystories.ug
Facebook Followers 3.9K Domain Authority 19 Read Now Get Email Contact

43. Black & Bookish Blog

Blog https://blackandbookish.com/blog + Follow Blog
Antoinette wanted to get closer to her history and culture, something that can easily slip away when you use the narrative of your oppressors. Black & Bookish was created to celebrate Black literature throughout the African Diaspora, tell the stories of Black people, and grow a global community behind those efforts.MORE Email ****@blackandbookish.com
Facebook Followers 452Twitter Followers 526Instagram Followers 9.3K Since Jan 2016 Domain Authority 20 Read Now Get Email Contact

44. Africa Book Link

Blog https://www.africabooklink.com/book-reviews-a.. + Follow Blog
The Africa Book Link is a newsletter, primarily announcing new and forthcoming African literature, drama and criticism. Secondly, it announces conferences and highlights the latest articles, interviews and bookreviews related to African literature, drama or criticism.MORE Email ****@africabooklink.com
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45. Nigerian Stories

Blog https://nigerianstories.com/ + Follow Blog
Angelica Uwaezuoke, a medical student at the University of Nigeria, is an astute writer, a conversationalist and a serial entrepreneur. She mentors many young writers and heads several editorial boards. A great blog for exciting short Nigerian fiction that leaves you wanting for more.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 4.1K Frequency 1 post/year Since Aug 2020 Domain Authority 1 Read Now Get Email Contact

46. EBOquills

Blog https://eboquills.com/ + Follow Blog
EBOquills is a literary platform, which aside from promoting African Literature, seeks to be a clinic for creatives and a spa for stressed and distressed artists. We want to take hundreds of writers from the shadows and place them in the spotlight. Because we know that writing is a sojourn on a long lonely lane and it is difficult to stay sane with overdoses of silence and solitude. This is why we want to walk willing writers down this lane, offer pieces of advice, churn out writing prompts, and simply be a reliable support system.MORE Email ****@eboquills.com
Facebook Followers 2.3KTwitter Followers 205 Frequency 9 posts/year Domain Authority 4 Read Now Get Email Contact

47. Sprinkle storiez

Blog https://sprinklestoriez.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Literature and lifestyle blog by Literary Activist Veralynchinenye.
Instagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 post/year Since Dec 2017 Domain Authority 3 Read Now Get Email Contact

48. AmashiWii Journal

Blog https://amashiwii.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
Echoing new voices in Arts and Literature. The main objective of AmashiWii Journal is to create a platform for rising bards and creatives in Africa and the world at large. We seek to uplift the culture of literature, and reading and other Arts, especially in Africa where we've got so many stories to tell.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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49. African Street Literatures Blog

Blog https://africanstreetliterature.wordpress.com/ + Follow Blog
African Street Literatures is a research project based at Uppsala University on emergent African writing. We are interested in the variety of forms that literature takes in African cities, from spoken word to chapbooks, blogs to street theatre, and all forms of print producing an emergent contemporary African literature. We aim to publish guest blogs on this material by African literary producers and academics in a variety of African languagesMORE Email ****@gmail.com
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