Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21.
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek was announced a Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21 on November 30, 2020. The Jack and […]
Palestine Book Awards 2020 winners announced.
The winners of the Palestine Book Awards 2020 were announced at a virtual ceremony on November 6, 2020. The annual […]
African and Black Literature events for November 2020.
We give you a list of events across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in November 2020. […]
Opportunities for writers and poets for October 2020.
In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga appointed UEA International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa).
Tsitsi Dangarembga was appointed the University of East Anglia International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa) on September 29, 2020. Tsitsi […]
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Simon Fraser University Writer-in-Residence 2020/21.
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence 2020-2021 at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, […]
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Dr Jacinta Victoria Muinde win African Studies Association UK 2020 awards.
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Dr Jacinta Victoria Muinde, and Harris Dousemetzis were the winners at the African Studies Association UK awards 2020 […]
Ngala Chome is Royal African Society’s African Author Prize 2019 winner.
Ngala Chome was announced the winner of the Royal African Society’s African Author Prize 2018-2019 on June 15, 2020. The […]