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Category: Academia

Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek. Photo/Seasmin Taylor
Academia Canada Uganda

Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21.

James Murua December 2, 2020 No Comments Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek

Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek was announced a Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21 on November 30, 2020. The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Endowment for the…

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Academia Awards Fiction Palestine

Palestine Book Awards 2020 winners announced.

James Murua November 10, 2020 1 Comment Palestine Book AwardsPalestine Book Awards 2020

The winners of the Palestine Book Awards 2020 were announced at a virtual ceremony on November 6, 2020. The annual Palestine Book Awards were set…

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Academia Book Launches Events Festivals

African and Black Literature events for November 2020.

James Murua November 1, 2020 No Comments

We give you a list of events across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in November 2020. Send us your event to…

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Academia Callouts Fiction Nonfiction Poetry

Opportunities for writers and poets for October 2020.

James Murua October 27, 2020 No Comments

In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in October…

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Tsitsi Dangarembga
Academia Zimbabwe

Tsitsi Dangarembga appointed UEA International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa).

James Murua September 30, 2020 No Comments Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga was appointed the University of East Anglia International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa) on September 29, 2020. Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of the…

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Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek
Academia Canada

Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Simon Fraser University Writer-in-Residence 2020/21.

James Murua September 17, 2020 No Comments

Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence 2020-2021 at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Otoniya Juliane…

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Academia Awards Kenya Nigeria South Africa United Kingdom

Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Dr Jacinta Victoria Muinde win African Studies Association UK 2020 awards.

James Murua September 16, 2020 No Comments Bibi Bakare-Yusuf

Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Dr Jacinta Victoria Muinde, and Harris Dousemetzis were the winners at the African Studies Association UK awards 2020 announced on September 10, 2020.…

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Ngala Chome
Academia Awards Kenya

Ngala Chome is Royal African Society’s African Author Prize 2019 winner.

James Murua June 15, 2020 1 Comment Ngala ChomeRoyal African Society

Ngala Chome was announced the winner of the Royal African Society’s African Author Prize 2018-2019 on June 15, 2020. The African Author Prize from the…

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