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Osvalde Lewat Photo/St Chrislin
Awards Cameroon DR Congo Fiction

Osvalde Lewat wins inaugural Grand Prix Pan Africain de Littérature

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Osvalde Lewat’s Les Aquatiques was announced the winner of the inaugural Grand Prix Pan Africain de Littérature at a ceremony […]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book Events Fiction Nigeria

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Notes on Grief’ reading in Lagos.

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first event of 2022 was a reading of Notes on Grief at the Alliance Française/ Mike Adenuga […]

Fatma Shafii. Photo/Fahdi Ahmed
James Murua Literary Kenya Kenya Writes Podcast

Kenya Writes with Goethe-Institut: Fatma Shafii.

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Yesterday, we announced a new initiative, Kenya Writes with Goethe-Institut Kenya, to showcase writers from Kenya. Today we kick off […]

Clarie Gor, Kelechi Njoku are Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellows.
Appointments Kenya Literary Magazines Nigeria

Clarie Gor, Kelechi Njoku are Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellows

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Clarie Gor and Kelechi Njoku were revealed to be the inaugural A Long House Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellows on January […]

NAACP Image Awards
Awards Childrens literature Fiction Nonfiction Poetry United States

US NAACP Image Awards 2022 finalists announced.

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

The finalists for the US NAACP Image Awards 2022, featuring literary categories, were announced on January 18, 2021. The National […]

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse now on Audible’s “Afrolit Now” series.
Fiction Nigeria Rwanda

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse now on Audible’s “Afrolit Now” series.

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Stories from Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse are now available on the Zukiswa Wanner-curated Audible Afrolit series. Afrolit […]

Kenya Writes Series
James Murua Literary Kenya Kenya Writes Podcast

Kenya Writes: Showcasing Kenyan writing alongside Goethe-Institut Kenya.

January 19, 2022January 20, 2022

Today we introduce, Kenya Writes, a new project to showcase writing from Kenya in partnership with Goethe-Institut Kenya. In 1964, […]

Nnedi Okorafor
Awards Speculative Fiction

Nnedi Okorafor wins at Prix Elbakin.net 2021.

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

La Fille Aux Mains Magiques originally written in English by writer Nnedi Okorafor & artist Zariel won the Prix Elbakin.net […]

Callouts

Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for January 2022.

January 17, 2022January 18, 2022

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other […]

Jericho Prize
Awards Childrens literature United Kingdom

UK’s Jericho Prize 2021 shortlists announced in London.

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

The shortlists for the Jericho Prize 2021 were announced in London on Tuesday, January 2, 2021. The Jericho Prize, open […]

Alian Mabancko. Photo/©-JF-Paga-Grasset-1
Awards Congo Fiction United Kingdom

Alain Mabanckou is Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 judge.

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Alain Mabanckou was revealed to be one of the judges for the Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 on Tuesday, January […]

Caleb Azumah Nelson. Photo/Esme Allman
Awards Fiction United Kingdom

Caleb Azumah Nelson wins at UK’s Costa Book Awards 2021.

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water won in the first novel category at the Costa Book Awards on January 4, 2022. […]

Khalil Diallo
Awards Fiction Senegal

Khalil Diallo on Prix Littéraire Jesus Paradis 2022 shortlist

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Khalil Diallo’s L’Odyssée des Oubliés is on the shortlist for the Prix Littéraire Jesus Paradis 2022 announced on January 11, […]

Beatrice Akello Hofmann is Eyelands Book Awards 2021 winner.
Awards Nonfiction Uganda

Beatrice Akello Hofmann is Eyelands Book Awards 2021 winner.

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Beatrice Akello Hofmann was announced a winner at the Eyelands Book Awards 2021 on December 30, 2021. Eyelands Book Awards […]

Awards
Awards Fiction James Murua Literary Nonfiction Poetry

2021 recap: A look back at literary awards won by writers of African descent.

December 31, 2021January 3, 2022

We look at some of the awards won by writers of African descent from the Nobel Prize for Literature, the […]

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