Itanile is a literary brand that provides a platform for African writers to publish stories they want to tell about the African experience. We are committed to developing new audiences for African literature. We provide a storytelling platform that connects African writers with their readers
We’ve hosted and led impact-driven creative and literary projects through collaborative effort. Our global community is always growing to reach more and do more.
Showing 4–6 of 92 resultsSorted by latest
When we invited writers for this Issue, submissions of any theme or genre were welcomed, but especially so for works that explore the concept of journeys through the lenses of travels and tours―what it means to travel, to seek out new places. To write a story or a poem or an essay, writes Garth Greenwell, is to make a claim about what we find beautiful, about what moves us, to reveal a vision of the world, which the writers in this Issue have done with their work.
(Downloads - 158)
I’m pleased to say that it felt like home journeying to the birth of this book. Of course home is where the “art” is. This chapbook contains 20 poems scribed from the very core of my heart.
“Dancing With The Tides” sends a message or talks about the need to being in equilibrium with the happenings in the world and not to be too attached to one specifically.
(Downloads - 81)
Abebi
Cries of a baby
Tears of Iya Abebi
Evil some people call life
Isn’t it darkness that brought her to life?
At birth she takes a sweet full
Colostrum it is called
Nigeria, I call Abebi
Iya, I call her forefathers
Abebi did not grow like others
When a father drinks the milk,
of the child
Doesn’t the child’s belly get bigger?
Abebi did not take in
Enough milk while growing,
even though, filled with milk and honey
Abebi is now weaned on garri
The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine, Nigerian-based electronic literary magazine announces the release of its 33rd issue. Themed "Loss," this May 2021 edition gathers the best pieces of poetry, fiction, and essays from across the African continent. The issue...
Rémy Ngamije has emerged the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner, African region. The regional winners were announced in a post here on Monday, May 10th. In what the organizers consider a record year of submissions – 6423 entries from 50 Commonwealth countries...
Othuke Umukoro has won the 2021 Brunel Prize. He is the fifth Nigerian to win the award. The 3k prize, is sponsored by the Brunel University London, open to African poets who are yet to publish a full poetry collection. Emerging from a shortlist of eight which...
Regeneration is the second issue of CONSCIO MAGAZINE published by Authorpedia in May 2021. Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, the Authorpedia founder, in his announcement talks about the strain of publishing. He has this to say about the process and publishing Regeneration:...
Itanile Magazine is delighted to announce that the June 2021 Collins Elesiro Literary Prize is open for submissions. The prize welcomes submissions from writers of African descent, without the restriction of place, age, gender, background, theme or form. “Creativity...
One of the biggest gullies within the African literary community is the need for platforms, not just for a select few, but for many other great voices who are just as invested in the growth of writers within and outside the continent. Itanile's hope is that while...
Storytelling remains one of the most effective marketing strategy people and brands leverage in the digital world today. In a world where the average attention span is less than twelve seconds, it is only right that you learn how to tell stories properly. We all have...
Welcome to the Chapter 20 Workshop, where craft meets art. At Itanile, we are a community committed to expanding the creativity of African writers through teaching, publishing, and networking. The forthcoming workshop, our third edition, is an initiative to help...
Ìyàwó mi Awèlewá (To my wife Awèlewá) I know how the stars are made. Not by the tales of history or drawings of the extraordinary, Not by the heavenly dust that allegedly created humans. Awèlewá It started when your eyes shone...
I know I should not be meddling with similes and figurative expressions, So as not to attract the progenitors' aggression; But these expressions have put me in a state of confusion, Which has led to the conception of so many questions. A problem shared is a...
