Sol Plaatje: A Life Of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876 – 1932 by Brian Willan is sent to launch at the Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa on June 19, 2018. Sol Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. He was a founder member and first General Secretary of the South […]
The Day of the African Child 2018, celebrated annually on June 16, was this year marked with song and dance led by Nairobi based “Time Out.” The events were hosted at the Kenya National Museum. Parents need all the help they can get to interact with their kids and other parents in the same space […]
Kenyan author Peter Kimani was the guest of the Bookish People at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on the morning of Saturday June 16, 2018. Bookish People is a small community of book lovers from Kenya with a bias toward African Literature. They read, review, recommend and promote African Literature and host literary events. […]
Fiston Mwanza Mujila is the Rosegger Literary Prize 2018 winner for his novel Tram 83. The Austria based prize, worth 10,000 Euros, was awarded on March 31, 2018. The Peter Rosegger Literature Prize has been awarded since 1951 by the Province of Styria in memory of Peter Rosegger. Styria is one of the provinces of […]
Akwaeke Emezi and Nafkote Tamirat are on the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2018 longlist that was announced on June 14. The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA. The award is given to the best debut novel […]
Africans have featured strongly on the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2018 shortlist that was announced on June 12. The five are Iz Mazano, Bode Asiyanbi, Africa Ukoh, Edith Osiro, and Muhammad Addam. The BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition offers a unique opportunity for playwrights to use the medium of radio drama to reach an […]
