Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún wrapped up the second day of Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Lagos, Nigeria on June 30, 2020. He was hosted by Troy Onyango. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown. The festival format is two sessions […]
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Johary Ravaloson, Abdourahman A. Wabéri, and Dalie Farah are the finalists for the Prix Ethiophile 2020 announced on June 24, 2020. Prix Ethiophile is an annual literary prize founded in 2015 which rewards French-speaking, African or Caribbean texts. The price alternates between the novel, poetry, theater, and essay genres. Previous winners of […]
Lamelle Shaw kicked off the second day of Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières streaming from Johannesburg, South Africa on June 30, 2020. She was hosted by Troy Onyango. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown. The festival format is […]
The winners for Zambia’s Tell Your Own Story National Book Awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia on June 29, 2020. The Tell Your Own Story Literary Awards came from the UNZA Radio show “Tell Your Own Story” that covers Zambian literary activity in 2015. The awards, an initiative of Concept Developers […]
Hannibal Tabu wrapped up day one of Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Los Angeles, USA on June 29, 2020. He was hosted by Zukiswa Wanner. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown. Season 1, curated by founder Zukiswa […]
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo was the first guest at Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières streaming live on Instagram from Nairobi on June 29, 2020. She was hosted by Zukiswa Wanner. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown. Season 1, curated by […]
The anthology for the K & L Prize 2020 was unveiled on July 26, 2020. The shortlist for the award was then announced on June 28, 2020. The K & L Prize, founded by New Zealand-based Nigerian writer Myles Ojabo in 2018, awards $1000 (New Zealand) to the best piece of unpublished fiction. The inaugural […]
Nisi Shawl, K. Tempest Bradford, and Marlon James were among the winners of the Locus Awards 2020 announced on June 27, 2020. The Locus Awards are literary awards handed out annually by United States-based Locus Magazine. Locus: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy is the news organ and trade journal for the English language […]
Colson Whitehead and Bernardine Evaristo are on the shortlist of the Orwell Prize 2020 announced on June 25, 2019. The Orwell Prizes, named in honour of English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic George Orwell, are the UK’s most prestigious prizes for political writing. The Orwell Foundation annually awards prizes for work which comes closest to […]
Helon Habila’s Travellers and Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval are on the shortlists for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020 announced on June 22, 2020. The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes, awarded for literature written in the English language, are Britain’s oldest literary awards. The prizes, based at […]
The schedule for Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 4 running from June 29 to July 6, 2020, has been revealed. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns in March. Season 1, curated by founder Zukiswa Wanner ran from March 23-30 while […]
Angela Davis joins a raft of speakers like Lola Shoneyin, Zukiswa Wanner, and others for the Women of the World (WOW) Festival 2020 set to happen on June 27-28, 2020. The Women of the World or WOW Festival, which first took place at Southbank Centre, UK in 2010, was founded by Jude Kelly. Since then, […]
Kei Miller, Okechukwu Nzelu are on the longlists for the Polari First Book Prize 2020 and Polari Prize 2020 announced on June 23, 2020. The Polari First Book Prize was established to celebrate new writing coming with a focus on LGBTIQ issues by writers born or based in the UK and Ireland by Paul Burton […]
The shortlist for Prix Kourouma 2020 was announced on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Ahmadou Kourouma was the Ivorian novelist who wrote Allah N’est Pas (Allah is Not Obliged) in 2002, En Attendant Le Vote Des Bêtes Sauvages (Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote) in 1998, and Les Soleils Des Indépendances (The Suns of Independence) […]
African and Black writers joined the Black Artists for Freedom coalition on Juneteenth Day, June 19, 2020. Black Artists for Freedom, a new coalition of more than 1,000 actors, musicians, filmmakers, writers, painters, poets and others, launched on Friday with a powerful statement on the occasion of Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the official end […]
