
African and Black Literature events for October 2020.
We give you a list of events from across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in October […]
We give you a list of events from across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in October […]
In our continuing Book Digest series, we share with you new books from Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Yaa Gyasi, and Beata […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga was appointed the University of East Anglia International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa) on September 29, 2020. Tsitsi […]
The shortlists for the Diverse Book Awards 2020, the awards dedicated to diversity in UK writing, were announced on September […]
Brittlepaper, a pioneering platform that has been archiving African literary trends for the last decade, is celebrating its milestone with […]
The longlists for the African Writers Awards 2020 were announced on September 28, 2020. The African Writers Awards were conceived […]
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2020, with the theme “Love & Light and Other Clichés,” runs from October 1 – […]
The Quramo Festival of Words, or QFest 2020, with the theme “Creativity Reset: The Future of Words” streams from Lagos, […]
Nikky Finney, Chet’la Sebree, and Hanif Abdurraqib are the African American recipients of the American Poets Prizes 2020 announced on […]
The winners of the Golden Comar Prize 2020 were announced in Tunis, Tunisia on September 22, 2020. The Golden Comar […]
The shortlist for the Babishai Haiku Prize 2020 was announced in Kampala, Uganda today, Friday, September 25, 2020. The Babishai […]
Mohammed Hassan Al-Nahat was announced the winner of the Mohammed Saeed Nawed Short Story Award 2020 on September 16, 2020. […]
Andrew Maina launched the books The Great Escape: Memories of Tribal Violence and I Am Listening as well as the […]
Namwali Serpell‘s The Old Drift was announced the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 on September 23, 2020. […]
The South African Book Fair 2020 was hosted online from September 11-13, 2020. The fair theme was “Virtually everywhere.” The […]