
2021 recap: A look back at literary awards won by writers of African descent.
We look at some of the awards won by writers of African descent from the Nobel Prize for Literature, the […]
We look at some of the awards won by writers of African descent from the Nobel Prize for Literature, the […]
We look back at some of the books that were published across African and Black literary communities in 2021. It […]
In our look back at 2021, we focus on the James Murua Literary Livestream which we ran in conjunction with […]
In our continuing look back at the year, we talk about those who passed away in 2021. We have been […]
Raouf Mama was declared the winner of the Grand Prix Littéraire du Bénin 2021 at a ceremony in Cotonou on […]
Maryse Condé, Françoise Vergès and Abdourahman Waberi won at the English PEN’s translation awards announced on December 21, 2021. Books […]
Beatrice Akello Hofmann was revealed to be a finalist of the Eyelands Book Awards 2021 on December 11, 2021. Eyelands […]
The winners of the Ghana Association of Writers Literary Awards 2021 were announced at a ceremony in Accra on December […]
The Brittle Paper Persons of the Year 2021 were revealed on December 15, 2021. In 2010, Brittle Paper was started […]
The winners of the Nommo Awards 2021 were announced to the public by the African Speculative Fiction Society at WorldCon […]
The winners of the Ghana Association of Writers Literary Awards 2021 are set to be announced in Accra today, December […]
The longlists for the PEN America literary awards 2022 were announced today, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Here are the writers […]
US author, professor, feminist scholar bell hooks passed away at her home in Kentucky, USA earlier today, December 15, 2021. […]
John Sibi-Okumu was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Carthage Theatre Festival 2021 in Tunis, Tunisia on December 4, […]
Chibụìhè Obi Achịmbá was declared the winner of the Frontier Poetry Award 2021 on December 14, 2021. The Frontier Poetry […]