We'll be LIVE at #AWP26 in Baltimore! 🎉
Come find us March 4-7 for fresh African & diasporic stories, exclusive merch, and vibrant conversation.
What’s the one question you’d ask an Iska author?
Reply & we might bring your question to the stand!
#ReadAfrica #AWP2026 #Bookish #writersofsky
These five are reshaping what African literature looks like in the world.
The winner will be announced soon. 🎨
Keep your eyes peeled.
#IskanchiDesignPrize #AfricanDesign #BookDesign #AfricanArt #VisualStorytelling #ReadAfrica #AfricanCreatives #PublishingDesign
November is here, and so are our biggest discounts of the year. 🍂📚
All month long: African stories that move, challenge, and inspire—now more accessible than ever.
Shop now with our discount code (Hols25) at www.iskanchi.com/category/all...
#AfricanLiterature #ReadAfrica
From children's environmental fiction to Hausa folktales to bold speculative worlds—these stories deserve your attention.
Support independent African publishing. Get these books.
#AfricanLiterature #BookLaunch #NewBooks #ReadAfrica #DiverseBooks #IskanchiBooks #MustRead2025 #Booksky
Final call to register: bit.ly/IskanchiLaunch
Grab your favorite beverage and join us. Let's do this. 🎉
#AfricanLiterature #BookLaunch #IskanchiBooks #NewRelease #Booksky #ReadAfrica #LiteraryFiction #Folktales #MustRead2025
Register: bit.ly/IskanchiLaunch
Are you the quiet listener or the first to ask a question at book events?
#AfricanLiterature #BookLaunch #ReadAfrica #Iskanchi
What's your go-to book launch vibe? Silent lurker or question-asker? (No judgment either way 😄)
#AfricanLiterature #BookLaunch #IskanchiBooks #NewRelease #Booksky #ReadAfrica #LiteraryFiction #Folktales #MustRead2025
Day 29 of #WorldKidLitMonth on our blog: Environmental Stories from Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda🌿🌊
Today, Ayo Oyeku shares 3 books that show "the world as a gift that will keep giving if we show gratitude by the way we live in it"
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/29/e...
#ReadAfrica #readtheworld
Day 27 of #WorldKidLitMonth: Johanna McCalmont shares three YA novels by authors she heard speak at Berlin's African Book Festival this summer: Mamle Wolo & Ayesha Harruna Attah from Ghana, and Tendai Huchu from Zimbabwe
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/27/k...
#ReadAfrica #YAlit #ReadtheWorld #WorldKidLit
Welcome to #readingtheworld. What better way to learn about the many cultures and peoples of Africa than by immersing yourself into their worlds?
#read #diverse #readafrica #welovebooks #community #humanity #sharingstories #love
Thrilled to see my name on the cover as the #translator of this book by Aminta Dupuis, winner of the inaugural @iskanchipress.bsky.social Book Prize!
#ReadAfrica #WorldLit #WITmonth #Senegal
from youth agency to creative thinking, empathy, art, and even mosquitoes! 🌍
Let’s read our way through the month, one book at a time. 💛
#BookwormCafé #ReadAfrica #KidsLit
Read about Africans Untranslatable Stories here www.iskanchi.com/blog/untrans...
#africanlanguages #untranslatablewords #iskanchipress #readafrica #literaturewithoutlimits #diasporavoices #blueskyauthors #publishingafrica
African writers and publishers are disrupting global publishing norms—on their own terms.
From self-publishing revolutions to language revival and diaspora innovation, Africa is not just participating—it’s leading.
#AfricanLiterature #IndiePublishing #AfroFuturism #ReadAfrica #DiasporaWriters
Fascinating interview with #Cameroonian author Alain Serge Dzotap about his latest #kidlit book ‘Adi of Boutanga’ - published this month by @ebyrbooks.bsky.social
🇨🇲✨ #readAfrica #cameroon
worldkidlit.org/2025/04/14/m...
Read the full piece + join the conversation:
www.iskanchi.com/blog/are-afr...
Let’s write—and read—beyond the trauma narrative.
#AfricanWriters #WriteBeyondPain #DecolonizePublishing #AfricanLiterature #StorytellingMatters #LiteraryCommunity #PublishingBias #ReadAfrica #Afrofuturism #AfricaIsMore
To writers and readers:
What kind of African stories do YOU want to see more of?
Drop your thoughts below.
#AfricanWriters #WriteBeyondPain #DecolonizePublishing #AfricanLiterature #StorytellingMatters #LiteraryCommunity #PublishingBias #ReadAfrica #Afrofuturism #AfricaIsMore
It’s time to change that.
Africa is not a single story.
They’re not a genre of suffering.
#AfricanWriters #WriteBeyondPain #DecolonizePublishing #AfricanLiterature #StorytellingMatters #LiteraryCommunity #PublishingBias #ReadAfrica #Afrofuturism #AfricaIsMore
The result? We start to self-censor joy.
We exaggerate pain.
Because pain = awards, reviews, attention.
#AfricanWriters #WriteBeyondPain #DecolonizePublishing #AfricanLiterature #StorytellingMatters #LiteraryCommunity #PublishingBias #ReadAfrica #Afrofuturism #AfricaIsMore
Let’s talk about something we don’t say out loud enough as African writers:
Are we writing what’s true—or what sells? A thread?
#AfricanWriters #WriteBeyondPain #DecolonizePublishing #AfricanLiterature #StorytellingMatters #LiteraryCommunity #PublishingBias #ReadAfrica #Afrofuturism #AfricaIsMore
Melo’s Impact on Literature
Uses fiction and journalism to highlight the realities of post-colonial Africa.
His storytelling bridges the past and the present, the personal and the political.
Inspires a new generation of African writers and thinkers.
#ReadAfrica #BookLovers
His Book: Angola Is Where I Plant My Field
It is a thought-provoking collection of short stories.
Tackles themes of post-colonialism, identity, and African resilience.
Challenges Western perceptions of Africa through rich storytelling.
#JoãoMelo #AfricanLiterature #ReadAfrica #BookLovers
Who is João Melo?
Angolan writer, poet, journalist, and cultural critic.
Founding member of the Angolan Writers Union.
His work explores identity, history, colonialism, and modern African life.
#JoãoMelo #AfricanLiterature #AngolaIsWhereIPlantMyField #ReadAfrica #BookLovers #WritersOfAfrica
Reading the World through Books for Young People: Africa!
Over at SCBWI, this year's #WorldKidLitMonth series starts with two picture books from Nigeria & Ghana, and YA set in Zimbabwe
scbwi.blogspot.com/2024/09/read...
#ReadAfrica #ReadZimbabwe #ReadGhana #ReadNigeria #worldkidlit #booksky
“A book that does well in the US or the UK easily finds its way into bookstores in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and other African countries. It is much harder for great books published in Africa to make their way to America or the UK.”
lithub.com/how-catalyst...
#AfricanKidLit #ReadAfrica #kidLit
