Nkiacha Atemnkeng, Sada Malumfashi start Sylt Fellowship 2018.
Nkiacha Atemnkeng and Sada Malumfashi have started their Sylt Fellowship in the North of Germany. The residency runs from November […]
Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist announced.
The Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist has been announced today with twenty writers from ten African countries in the running. […]
Warsan Shire headlines UK’s “Africa Writes” festival 2018.
Poet Warsan Shire will headline the Africa Writes festival 2018 in London from Friday 29 June to Sunday 1 July […]
African writers converge on Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide 2018
Writers from across the African continent converged on Nantes, France at the Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2018 on […]
Cameroon writer and poet Patrice Nganang arrested
Academic, Writer and poet Patrice Nganang remains incarcerated days after being arrested by Cameroon security forces at the Douala airport […]
Adichie, Ilube, Mbue, Noah make “100 Most Influential Africans of 2017” list
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tony Ilube, Imbolo Mbue, and Trevor Noah made the list of “100 Most Influential Africans of 2017” […]
The Miles Morland Scholarship 2017 shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the shortlist of 21 names for the 2017 Morland Writing Scholarships. The Morland Writing […]
Africans make International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist was announced today in Dublin today. The Africans in the running for the […]
The Writivism prizes for fiction and nonfiction for 2017 announced
The shortlists for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 and the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction 2017 have been […]
Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 longlist announced
Twenty African writers have made the cut for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2017 longlist announced earlier today. The Writivism […]
Short Story Day Africa, Goethe Institut announce ID Flow Workshop Participants
Short Story Day, Goethe Institut have announced participants to take part in ID Flow Workshop across the continent. The workshops […]
Imbolo Mbue wins PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award 2017
Imbolo Mbue has won the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award 2017 for her debut novel, Behold the Dreamers, about an immigrant desperate […]
Umutoni, Mbue, Shire, Gyasi, Okorafor make OkayAfrica’s 100 Women list.
Nnedi Okorafor, Louise Umutoni, Imbolo Mbue, Warsan Shire, Yaa Gyasi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Okwiri Oduor made OkayAfrica’s 100 Women […]
Bakwa Short Story Competition 2017 winner announced
Bengono Essola Edouard. Photo/Nchanji Melvin Bengono Essola Edouard is the winner of the Bakwa Short Story Competition 2017. Bakwa magazine, […]
Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology
Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from […]
