Q&A with Degol Hailu

What happens when books become dangerous? In Pillaging the Dead, Degol Hailu takes us into [...]

Q&A: Illustrating The Shikipisha Club by Funmike Ogaosun

Illustrations do more than accompany a story. They shape a reader’s first impression, breathe life [...]

Women in Translation Month with Maren Baudet-Lackner

For Women in Translation Month, we’re celebrating the women who help stories cross borders. Translators [...]

CASSAVA REPUBLIC ACQUIRES DEBUT CHILDREN’S ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO AFRICA’S MINERALS

Cassava Republic Press is delighted to announce the world rights acquisition of The A–Z of [...]

ON FRIENDSHIP AS RESISTANCE

At the heart of The Aquatics is a friendship that refuses to remain private. As [...]

Character Reflection – Samy

Samy, the protagonist in The Aquatics is unforgettable. Brilliant, infuriating, passionate, and deeply loyal, he [...]

Q&A with Osvalde Lewat

Cameroonian writer, filmmaker, and photographer Osvalde Lewat makes her fiction debut with The Aquatics, a [...]

Behind the Story: The Aquatics by Osvalde Lewat

Award-winning photographer and writer Osvalde Lewat shares the winding path that led her to write [...]

The Mercy Step is Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Today is a day we will never forget. The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson has [...]

HISTORIC FIRST: A NIGERIAN PUBLISHER JUST MADE THE WOMEN’S PRIZE SHORTLIST — AND IT’S THEIR 20TH BIRTHDAY

The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson, published by Cassava Republic Press, shortlisted for the 2026 [...]