Shadreck Chikoti, Abu Sense kick off Artistic Encounters 2019.
Shadreck Chikoti and Abu Sense will be the first artists to rock the stage for Artistic Encounters in 2019 at the Goethe Institut Nairobi on…
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Babishai to celebrate 10th anniversary on World Poetry Day 2019.
The Babishai Niwe Foundation is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary on World Poetry Day 2019 which is March 21, 2019. Ten years ago, Ugandan…
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Three African books are Lambda Literary Awards 2019 finalists.
Uzodinma Iweala, Trifonia Melibea Obono, and The Gerald Kraak Award Anthology are Lambda Literary Awards 2019 finalists. The Lambda Literary Awards, or the “Lammys,” as…
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The Writivism 2019 mentors have been announced.
The mentors for Writivism 2019 were announced by the Kampala, Uganda headquartered initiative on March 16, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, that…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Petina Gappah for International Publishers Association Seminar in Nairobi.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June…
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Africa Writes 2019 features New Daughters of Africa, Chigozie Obioma.
Africa Writes 2019 returns on July 5-7, 2019 and will star the New Daughters of Africa, and Chigozie Obioma. The Africa Writes festival is a…
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Novuyo Rosa Tshuma makes Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 longlist.
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is on the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 longlist announced today March 18, 2019. The Rathbones Folio Prize, formerly known as the Folio…
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Bensalem Himmich, Dr Abderrezak Belagrouz are Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2019 winners.
Bensalem Himmich and Dr. Abderrezak Belagrouz were announced as Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2019 winners on March 16, 2019. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is…
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A snapshot of the Mboka Festival 2019.
A snapshot of the Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport that took place in The Gambia from January 21 – 27, 2019. The third…
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Kwame Dawes is Windham-Campbell Prize 2019 recipient.
Kwame Dawes, alongside seven other writers, was announced as a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize 2019 on March 13, 2019. The Windham-Campbell Prize, established in…
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Gbenga Adeoba is Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner.
Gbenga Adeoba was announced as the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2019 winner for his manuscript Exodus on March 8, 2019. The Sillerman…
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eKitabu is Accessible Books Consortium Accessibility Awards 2019 winner.
Kenya’s eKitabu was announced as an Accessible Books Consortium Accessibility Awards 2019 winner for the best initiative at the London Book Fair 2019 on March…
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Orange Book Award in Africa 2019 finalists announced.
The six finalists for the Orange Book Award in Africa 2019 were announced on March 7, 2019. In November 2018, a new literary prize called…
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Pius Adesanmi passes on in Ethiopian Airways crash.
Nigerian writer and academic Pius Adesanmi passed away on the Ethiopian Airways flight 302 crash on March 10, 2019. Pius Adesanmi was a Nigerian professor,…
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Ivorian novelist, playwright, and poet Bernard Dadié has passed on.
Cote D’Ivoire novelist, playwright, and poet Bernard Dadié passed away on March 9, 2019. Bernard Dadié was a prolific writer whose work was in several…
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