BRITTLE PAPER

@brittlepaper · Madison, WI · joined 12 Jul 2010

Your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle.

34 836Followers

524Following

34 669Posts total

27.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper17 Sep

Shirlene Obuobi has broken down her DIE FOR ME book tour wardrobe on Instagram, and it's a full showcase of African fashion talent: J Lux Label, @ruksalamode, Meshki, @ometseyofficial, and designer Simisa, all styled by her cousin Reginae of Adwalah ✨ https://t.co/qBtzeXjJgI http

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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper17 Sep

Wanjirũ G. Mbure's OUT FOR GLAMOUR IN AFRICA reframes Drum magazine's cover girls and columnists as active architects of a new Black urban femininity, not passive subjects of the era's gaze. A striking addition to African media history! https://t.co/Q7LHgTxhAN 608 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper16 Sep

@OyinBraithwaite has joined the judging panel for Discoveries 2027, the @WomensPrize Trust's programme supporting unagented, unpublished women novelists. Free to enter, open to writers in the UK, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. Submit by January 11! https://t.co/H8ESsf3Ul5 610 views · 12 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper16 Sep

The African Art Book Fair returns to Dakar Nov 19-22! The "anti-fair" defends quality criticism and publishing produced from the continent itself, insisting African critical production has a permanent place in the archived record 📖 @aabfair https://t.co/P08lTYpP4B 1.2K views · 15 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper24 Dec 2025

✨ BP 100 Notable African Books of 2025 are here! 🎉 27 countries. New voices. Romance + speculative fiction on the rise. African & indie publishers leading the way. In spite of all the challenges, the culture is doing more than just okay👏🏿 Full list 👇📚 https://t.co/T8vrthpGS2 http

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Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views638this account981median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.83%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.11%this account1.61%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	638	981	0.65×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.83%	3.62%	0.51×
Engagement rate	1.11%	1.61%	0.69×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

23.9K24 Dec

1.2K16 Sep

610

60817 Sep

666

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.03%24 Dec

1.48%16 Sep

2.13%

0.66%17 Sep

0.75%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.61%.

What the audience does

Likes50.5%194 in total

Reposts19.8%76 in total

Quotes4.2%16 in total

Bookmarks25.5%98 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.