Kearoma Mosata wins Botswana’s Poetavango Award for Short Fiction 2019.
Kearoma Mosata was announced the winner of the Poetavango Award for Short Fiction 2019 in Maun, Botswana on December 30, […]
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded the Catalonia International Prize 2019.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was awarded the Catalonia International Prize given by the Catalan government on December 20, 2019. The Catalonia […]
Joe Khamisi’s latest book “The Bribery Syndrome” now available on Amazon.
Joe Khamisi’s latest book The Bribery Syndrome: How Multinational Corporations Collude with Dictators to Raid Africa’s Natural Resources was published […]
Nine Africans on International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2020 longlist.
There are nine Africans from five countries on the longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2020 announced on […]
Botswana’s Poetavango Award for Short Fiction 2019 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Poetavango Award for Short Fiction 2019 was announced in Maun, Botswana on December 16, 2019. The […]
Vivian Onyekachi Ibe is Quramo Writers’ Prize 2019 winner.
Vivian Onyekachi Ibe was announced the winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2019 for her manuscript What Dreams are Made […]
Jalada Africa’s “Bodies Anthology” launches in Nairobi.
The Bodies Anthology, the tenth from the Nairobi-based Pan African collective Jalada Africa, launched at the Kioko Mwitiki Gallery, Nairobi […]
Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019 was announced by its board chair, Abdilatif Abdalla, […]
Henry Ole Kulet gets Kenya’s “Elder of the Burning Spear” national honour
Kenyan author Henry Ole Kulet was awarded the Elder of the Burning Spear: Second Class at this year’s Independence Day […]
Gabriel Dinda, Verah Omwocha Dinda launch books at Mbogi Ya Mawriters in Nairobi.
Married couple Gabriel Dinda and Verah Omwocha Dinda launched Questions of My Youth and Diary of the Mahia at the […]
Poet Mufasa featured in Books and Wine series in Nairobi.
Poet Mufasa was the featured artist at the Books and Wine series at the Ki.chen, Senteu Plaza, Nairobi on December […]
Chibundu Onuzo’s novel “The Spider King Daughter” now available in Italian.
Chibundu Onuzo’s debut novel The Spider King Daughter is now available in Italian as La figlia del Re Ragno. Chibundu […]
Jennie Marima’s children’s book “Trio Troubles” launches in Nairobi.
Jennie Marima’s award-winning children’s book Trio Troubles launched at the Mbogi Ya Mawriters series at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on […]
Finalists for Prix Kon Nnanga 2019 announced in Cameroon.
Fadimatou Bello, Fritz Bell, and Albert Thierry Nkili Abu are the three finalists for Prix Kon Nnanga 2019 announced on […]
Dr Walter Nyamori Masiga autobiography “The Old Lion of Africa” out now.
The Old Lion of Africa, the autobiography of Dr Walter Nyamori Masiga, was published on November 7, 2019. It is […]