Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor continues the Jalada Conversations
The other week I talked about our friends from Jalada and their innovative way they are introducing their new Languages […]
South African writers support their strays with new anthology
In 1985, American artists led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie came up with a song called We Are The […]
Rwandan Anthology Prize by Huza Press awarded this weekend
Its finally here. After many moons, the inaugural Rwandan Anthology known as the The Huza Press Short Story Award will […]
Adeeko Ibukun wins the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award 2015
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Award for 2015 where an African poet goes home with $1000 went to Adeeko Ibukun for […]
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Micere Mugo for new look Kenya National Theatre
The Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi is set to reopen on Saturday the 29th August with Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o […]
Kiprop Kimutai’s #TrueStoriesFromIten
Kiprop Kimutai became famous when his manuscript The Water Spirits became third in the Kwani Manuscript Project that ended last […]
Saraba eyes East Africa with Storymoja collaboration
We all know Saraba for their work in the anthology space as well as with their new manuscript project. This […]
The new Voices Ile-Ife anthology call out
Voices is an anthology of contemporary art and literature emerging from Africa, yet not promoting only Africa or African voices. […]
Conakry, Guinee is World Book Capital for 2017
We were still savouring the glorious times from last year when Port Harcourt was World Book Capital when we heard […]
Inaugural Mogadishu International Book Fair for next week
The first-ever Mogadishu International Book Fair bringing together guests from within Somalia and all around the world to Somalia’s capital […]
Sahro Ahmed Koshin book “Sounds of Laughter” launches in Nairobi
Sahro Ahmed Koshin was born in Mogadishu before moving first to Lusaka, Zambia and then the Netherlands where she completed […]
Parresia Books announces its (gorgeous) 2015 authors
Parresia have just announced their 2015 List for the Parrésia Books imprint. They made the selection from manuscripts submitted from […]
Noo Saro-Wiwa travel book “Looking for Transwonderland” now in Italian
Travel writing the world over has been in main an genre that seems to be belong to one type of […]
Richard Ali A Mutu kicks off Jalada Conversations
Richard Ali A Mutu popularly known as Richard Ali is a very special man. He came to our attention last […]
Doreen Baingana’s “Tropical Fish” for #LongStoryShort in August
Doreen Baingana is not a new name on this blog. The Ugandan writer emerged in 2005 with her collection of […]