Taiye Selasi to judge revolutionary new reality show
The Italians have a new reality show called The Masterpiece. The show is a play on the shows that we […]
Sudan’s Hammour Ziada gets Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2014
Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers […]
Images from the Association of Nigerian Authors Convention 2014
Yesterday we gave a report from the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) convention that ended last weekend in the West […]
Mengestu Dinaw and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on Folio Prize long list
The Folio Prize is the first major English language book prize open to writers from around the world published in […]
Africa’s Largest Authors Association holds annual Convention
Author Richard Ali gives us a run down of the Association of Nigerian Authors convention that ended last weekend. Africa’s […]
Images from Oduor Jagero’s Kampala book launch
So last week Oduor Jagero did the launch for his book True Citizen in Kampala, Uganda. The author shared these […]
A review of Tendai Huchu’s The Hairdresser of Harare
Book: The Hairdresser of Harare Author: Tendai Huchu Publisher: Freight Books/Weavers Press Zimbabwe Year of publication: 2013/2010 Number of pages: […]
FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced
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Ellah Allfrey on Man Booker Prize 2015 judges panel
A few months ago I was in pain. Without an African author on the short or long list of the […]
A review of Ndumiso Ngcobo’s Eat Drink & Blame The Ancestors
Book: Eat Drink & Blame The Ancestors Author: Ndumiso Ngcobo Publisher: Two Dogs Year of publication: 2014 Number of pages: […]
Etisalat Prize Shortlist 2014 announced
And then there were three. The judges for the Etisalat Prize for African literature have whittled down the long list […]
Top Names in Washington Post’s top 50 fiction books for 2014
I really should have flagged this Top Fiction Books by the Washington Post in November but I somehow missed out […]
Beatrice Lamwaka in Johannesburg, Oduor Jagero in Kampala
For those in Kampala and Johannesburg there are some very cool literary events for you today. In Jozi, Caine Prize […]
A snapshot of LitFest Harare 2014
Its been happening literature wise in Zimbabwe the last few days as LitFest Harare rolled into that nation’s largest city. […]
2007 Caine Prize winner Monica Arac de Nyeko feted by university
Uganda’s only Caine Prize winner Monica Arac de Nyeko was yesterday selected by the University of Groningen as its Alumnus […]