Throwback Thursday: Zimbabwean author and poet Dambudzo Marechera.
In the return of our “Throwback Thursday” segment, we feature legendary late Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera. Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer,…
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A snapshot of the “Membrane: African Literatures Festival 2019” in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Membrane: African Literatures Festival 2019 was hosted in Stuttgart, Germany from May 23-26, 2019. The Membrane: African Literatures Festival was a four-day international literature…
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Exit “Not Another Book Podcast.” Enter the “Books & Rhymes” Podcast.
The “Not Another Book Podcast” announced the end of their run as a podcast on August 13, 2019. Fortunately, we have the “Books & Rhymes”…
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AfriCAN Author Awards 2019 announced in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The AfriCAN Author Awards 2019 winners were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 31, 2019. AfriCAN Child Your Time Is Now was established by…
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EC Osondu is US’s BOA Short Story Fiction Prize 2019 winner.
EC Osondu has been announced as the winner of the BOA Short Story Fiction Prize 2019 today, August 20, 2019, for his short story Alien…
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Chigozie Obioma is US Digital Book World 2019 Awards Finalist.
Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra Of Minorities is a finalist at the Digital Book World 2019 Awards announced on August 13, 2019. Digital Book World is…
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Isha Sesay’s “Beneath the Tamarind Tree” focuses on the Chibok Girls.
Isha Sesay’s first book Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram was published by Harper Collins…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga on US St. Francis College Literary Prize 2019 shortlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body is on the shortlist for the St Francis College Literary Prize 2019 announced on August 15, 2019. The St Francis…
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Resoketswe Manenzhe, Frances Ogamba win Writivism awards in Kampala, Uganda.
Resoketswe Manenzhe and Frances Ogamba are the winners of the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019 announced in Kampala,…
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K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 makes calls for short story entries (young writers).
The K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 has made a call for short story entries from young African writers on the theme, Africanfuturism.…
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Scholastique Mukasonga’s “The barefoot woman” available in Spanish.
Scholastique Mukasonga’s The Barefoot Woman was translated into Spanish in 2018. Scholastique Mukasonga is a Rwandan author of the novels Notre-Dame du Nil (2012) (English…
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Narrative Landscape Press announces a new illustrator competition (Nigerian women only).
On August 8, 2019, Narrative Landscape Press announced an illustrator competition where the winner pockets N100,000. Narrative Landscape Press, founded by Eghosa Imasuen and Anwuli…
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“New Daughters of Africa” launches in Johannesburg, South Africa.
New Daughters of Africa, the seminal anthology edited by Margaret Busby, launched in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 4, 2019. New Daughters of Africa, edited…
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Cape Town’s Open Book Festival 2019 announces this year’s guests.
Cape Town’s Open Book Festival 2019, which happens from September 4-8 this year, announced its featured guests on August 1, 2019. The Open Book Festival,…
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Tade Thompson’s “The Rosewater Insurrection” came out on March 12.
Tade Thompson’s The Rosewater Insurrection, the second in the Wormwood Trilogy series, became available to the reading public on March 12, 2019. On July 17,…
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