Ugandan Acan Innocent Immaculate is the Writivism Prize 2016 winner announced at ceremonies in Kampala, Uganda on 27th and 28th August 2016. The Okot p’Bitek Poetry Prize for literature was announced then rescinded by the awarding organisation. Unlike in the past where only prose was awarded, the Writivism Prizes this year were for prose and […]
Kenyan Sanya Noel and Nigerian Moyosore Orimoloye are joint Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2016 winners. The announcement was made at a fancy do at the Fang Fang Restaurant in Kampala Uganda at the close of the Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016. Kampala, Uganda was the host of a series of events for adults and children which […]
The Writivism Festival 2016 launched with a bang at the National Museum in Kampala, Uganda on 23rd August 2016. The Writivism Festival has been marketed over the last few months with a huge social media push since last year and the official opening ceremony was upon us. This year unlike in previous iterations of the […]
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016, founded by Beverley Nambozo, will be making a Kampala splash as poets and other performers land in the Ugandan capital from 24-26th August 2016. There will a flurry of activity over a three day period in venues around Kampala featuring some of the most well-known names in African poetry […]
Angela Makholwa and Lerato Tshabalala were the featured guests at Rosa Parks Library Soweto on 10th August 2016. The Rosa Parks Memorial Library, named by the US embassy in honour of their human rights hero Rosa Parks, hosted two very different personalities as part of their women’s day celebrations. The two were Angela Makholwa and […]
The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016 shortlists were announced on 11th August 2016. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was set up in honour of late great Kenyan satirist and author Wahome Mutahi who passed on in 2003. The Kenyan Publishers Association set up the award to works that explore human rights, governance, etiquette and other […]
The Ghana International Book Fair 2016 is set to land in Accra this weekend from 19th – 21st August. This year’s Ghana International Book Fair is scheduled to open on Thursday, August 18 at the forecourt of the National Theater in Accra. The four-day event will be under the theme: “Growing the Knowledge-based Economy through […]
JamesMurua.com is moving hosting companies. It’s been a great time here at JamesMurua.com reporting on the African literary scene giving news and opinions for the last three years. For all those who have been reading and sharing links I am extremely grateful; this blog couldn’t have gotten this far without your support. If you are […]
The Writivism prize 2016 shortlists for the three prizes on offer this year has been announced today. The prizes are The fourth Writivism Short Story Prize 2016, Kofi Addo Prize for Non Fiction 2016 and Okot P Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation. The fourth Writivism Short Story Prize 2016 The Short Story Prize was judged […]
