Throwback Thursday: Cameroonian writer Mongo Beti.
In a continuation of the Throwback Thursday series highlighting some of the best writers from the 20th century, we introduce […]
Nuruddin Farah receives Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace 2019.
Nuruddin Farah received the Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace 2019 at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea on August […]
Ghanaian writers celebrate Toni Morrison in Accra.
Toni Morrison was honoured by Ghanaian writers at the e-Ananse Public Library in Accra, Ghana on August 19, 2019. On […]
Review Wednesday: A review of Billy Kahora’s “The Cape Cod Bicycle War And Other Stories.”
Book: The Cape Cod Bicycle War And Other Stories Author: Billy Kahora Publisher: Huza Press Genre: Fiction/Short stories Number of […]
African Writers Awards 2019 shortlists unveiled.
The shortlists for the African Writers Awards 2019 were unveiled today Monday, August 26, 2019. The African Writers Conference brings […]
An evening with Panashe Chigumadzi in Nairobi.
Nairobi residents engaged Zimbabwean-South African novelist and essayist Panashe Chigumadzi at the Columbia Global Centre on Monday, August 19, 2019. […]
Niq Mhlongo’s “Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?” out now.
Niq Mhlongo’s first edited anthology Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?, published by Jonathan Ball, already available in the South African […]
Vincent R. Ogoti launches “A Shadow In The Sun” in Nairobi.
Vincent R Ogoti launched his debut play A Shadow In The Sun at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi […]
Throwback Thursday: Zimbabwean author and poet Dambudzo Marechera.
In the return of our “Throwback Thursday” segment, we feature legendary late Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera. Dambudzo Marechera was a […]
Exit “Not Another Book Podcast.” Enter the “Books & Rhymes” Podcast.
The “Not Another Book Podcast” announced the end of their run as a podcast on August 13, 2019. Fortunately, we […]
EC Osondu is US’s BOA Short Story Fiction Prize 2019 winner.
EC Osondu has been announced as the winner of the BOA Short Story Fiction Prize 2019 today, August 20, 2019, […]
Chigozie Obioma is US Digital Book World 2019 Awards Finalist.
Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra Of Minorities is a finalist at the Digital Book World 2019 Awards announced on August 13, […]
Isha Sesay’s “Beneath the Tamarind Tree” focuses on the Chibok Girls.
Isha Sesay’s first book Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga on US St. Francis College Literary Prize 2019 shortlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body is on the shortlist for the St Francis College Literary Prize 2019 announced on August […]
Resoketswe Manenzhe, Frances Ogamba win Writivism awards in Kampala, Uganda.
Resoketswe Manenzhe and Frances Ogamba are the winners of the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and Koffi Addo Creative Nonfiction […]