- Promoting Reading, Writing and Language Across Africa
Write the story.
We publish it.
We promote reading, writing and language, and we publish the African writers who put them to work. Send us your manuscript.
Reading
We bring readers and books together through reading salons and book events, beginning in Lagos State.
Writing
We turn African writers into published authors, with free publishing, free publicity and 100% of the royalties.
Language
We encourage books in the languages people speak at home, from Yorùbá, Igbo and Hausa to Pidgin and French.
Too many African stories stay in a drawer.
Writers hold back because they believe the cost of becoming an author is too high and the reward too small. We remove the cost, so the story gets told.
Dr. Godspower Oshodin
Founder, Africa Literature Trust Fund
Founded 2013
Why we exist
“I had written more than a thousand poems before 2011 and I wanted to be a published author.
Printing and publishing cost money I did not have. Today, platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing mean a finished manuscript can reach readers without a printing bill.
So we use them for other writers. Just write. Tell the African story.”
Every month
Manuscripts chosen
How it works
From manuscript to published author, in five steps.
We publish through Kindle Direct Publishing and other platforms we plug into, so the book is available to readers around the world.
Submit
Upload your manuscript as a PDF through the form below, from anywhere in Africa.
We read
You get an email receipt at once. We read every submission and reply within two weeks.
We publish
We prepare the interior and cover and publish your book, free of charge.
We promote
We run publicity for you, locally and internationally, also free of charge.
You earn
You keep 100% of your royalties. The book and the rights stay yours.
We Accept
- Poetry
- Novels
- Fiction
- Screenplays
- Inspirational Book
- Any sort of book
In the press · October 2026
Godspower Oshodin releases his new novel.
The Africa Literature Trust Fund has published Even the Devil Wears a Pretty Smile, a new novel by its founder, Dr. Godspower Oshodin. The book is out now and reaching readers through online bookstores.
Like every title on the Trust Fund’s list, it was published at no cost to the author, with the author keeping the rights and the royalties.
Amazon
Paperback and Kindle listings
More retailer links will appear here as each listing goes live.
Press enquiries: info@africaliteraturetrustfund.org
A story can be told in any language.
Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa, Edo, Ijaw, Efik, Urhobo, Nigerian, Pidgin, Français..
Our children’s French book is one example. Send us your manuscript in the language you write best.
The Library
Every book we have published, in one place.
Search the shelf, filter by type or browse by author. Each title was submitted by a writer, chosen by our editors and published free of charge. New books join the Library as they are released.
A Poet Who Died By His Poem
By Godspower Oshodin
The book borderline on various poetic topics, trailing into Global
Even The Devil Wears Pretty Smiles
By Godspower Oshodin
At twelve, Jane watched her parents die. The world called
The Reporter
By Godspower Oshodin
A young Investigative Journalist's desire to dig some corrupt practices
How we are funded
Grants make every dream on this page possible.
ecause we publish authors and promote them at no charge, the Trust Fund lives on grants. Each grant pays for editing, covers, publication and publicity, so a writer never has to choose between a story and a bill.
If you lead a foundation, a company or a cultural body that believes African stories should be told, we would like to talk.
Fund a month of publishing
Back the manuscripts we choose each month, from editing to launch.
Sponsor publicity
Pay for the local and international reach every new author receives.
Support multilingual literacy
Help us bring reading salons and books in more languages to more cities.