Q&A with Degol Hailu
What happens when books become dangerous? In Pillaging the Dead, Degol Hailu takes us into [...]
Sep
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 [...]
Sep
Women in Translation Month with Maren Baudet-Lackner
For Women in Translation Month, we’re celebrating the women who help stories cross borders. Translators [...]
Aug
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 [...]
Jul
ON FRIENDSHIP AS RESISTANCE
At the heart of The Aquatics is a friendship that refuses to remain private. As [...]
Jun
Character Reflection – Samy
Samy, the protagonist in The Aquatics is unforgettable. Brilliant, infuriating, passionate, and deeply loyal, he [...]
Jun
Q&A with Osvalde Lewat
Cameroonian writer, filmmaker, and photographer Osvalde Lewat makes her fiction debut with The Aquatics, a [...]
Jun
Behind the Story: The Aquatics by Osvalde Lewat
Award-winning photographer and writer Osvalde Lewat shares the winding path that led her to write [...]
Jun
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 [...]
Apr
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 [...]
Apr