Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Panashe Chigumadzi among W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows
The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows 2022, including Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Panashe Chigumadzi, were announced on […]
Maaza Mengiste, Dinaw Mengistu among Guggenheim Fellows 2022.
Maaza Mengiste and Dinaw Mengistu are among the Guggenheim Fellows 2022 announced on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Guggenheim Fellowships are […]
Dr Micere Mugo to give annual British Institute Lecture
Dr Micere Mugo will give the annual British Institute in East Africa Lecture on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 7 […]
Ato Quayson receives Warren–Brooks Award 2021
Ato Quayson’s book Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature was been named the winner of the Warren–Brooks Award 2021 on Thursday, February […]
Palestine Book Awards 2021 winners announced.
The winners of the Palestine Book Awards 2021 was announced on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. The Palestine Book Awards were […]
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 […]