Novelist and journalist Leye Adenle is the headliner at the February edition of Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra on February 16, 2023. In early 2020, the ‘Labone Dialogues by NYU Accra’ was conceived and curated by Prof. Chiké Frankie Edozien, the Global Site Director for the New York University campus in Labone. The series has […]
Gloria Mwaniga is this month’s featured guest at the Global Story of the Month at the Alliance Française Nairobi on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The event, which is free, starts at 2 pm. Global Story of the Month is a project where young writers get to meet and interact with those who are already established […]
Ugandan academic, activist, and poet Stella Nyanzi will have a book tour around the Kenyan cities of Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu from September 13 – 21, 2022. Stella Nyanzi is a medical anthropologist who has published widely in academia on topics at the intersections of culture, health, law, gender, and sexualities. She is an ardent […]
The Kenyan Readathon 2022, dedicated to Kenyan books, will have an official event at Alliance Française, Nairobi on Saturday, September 10, 2022. In 2020, Booktuber and literary activist Lexa Lubanga announced a new initiative the “Kenya Readathon” to celebrate writing from the East African nation. The initiative encouraged readers to promote Kenyan authors with their […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the main draw at the Artistic Encounters event at Cheche Books, Nairobi on July 9, 2022. The free event also featuring Hana Kefela and Wandiri Karimi runs from 3-5 pm. Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of the most respected and beloved writers in the African literary community. The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker has […]
As details emerge on the death of Kenyan poet and musician Grandmaster Masese, the Mstari Wa Nne collective is hosting a tribute show in his honour at the Kenya National Library, Nairobi on June 10, 2022. Grandmaster Masese, real name Dennis Dancan Mosiere, came to prominence when a new poetry scene emerged in Nairobi in […]
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s debut novel The House of Rust is set to launch at the Alliance Française, Mombasa on Thursday, November 25, 2021. The event will run from 6:30pm – 7:30pm East African Time. In 2017, US publisher Graywolf Press unveiled the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize to be awarded for a first novel manuscript […]
Mukoma Wa Ngugi had a tour of events in venues in Nairobi and Naivasha for the first time since 2019. Mukoma Wa Ngugi is an Associate Professor of English at Cornell University and the author of The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of Language, Identity and Ownership, Black Star Nairobi, Nairobi Heat, and two […]
Schwarz Bewegt(e) Literatur (Black Moves Literature) will be hosted in the German city of Berlin on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Schwarz Bewegt(e) Literatur is set to run at The Grand in Berlin, Germany this coming Sunday. The event follows controversy at the Frankfurter Buchmesse as some participants pulled out due to the presence of far […]
Nadifa Mohamed is the featured guest of Goethe-Institut Namibia’s “Virtually Yours” on Saturday, October 9, 2021. She will be moderated by Zukiswa Wanner. Virtually Yoursis a series that brings you to the centre of contemporary African literature with discussions between leading African authors curated by Zukiswa Wanner and hosted by Goethe-Namibia. Since it kicked off […]
Rémy Ngamije is the featured guest of Goethe-Institut Namibia’s “Virtually Yours” on Saturday, September 11, 2021. He will be moderated by Zukiswa Wanner. Virtually Yours is a series that brings you to the centre of contemporary African literature with discussions between leading African authors curated by Zukiswa Wanner and hosted by Goethe-Namibia. Since it kicked […]
We give you a list of events from across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in September 2021. Updated regularly. Send us your event to be listed here. Wednesday, September 1 Thursday, September 2 Event: Noviolet Bulawayo in conversation with Mukoma Wa NgugiEvent Type: Panel discussion/Literary FestivalVenue: Virtual (Crowdcast)Time: 7pm US ETLanguage: […]
We give you a list of events from across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in August 2021. Updated regularly. Send us your event to be listed here. Sunday, August 1 Monday, August 2 Tuesday, August 3 Event: Nana Nkweti in conversation with Novuyo Rosa TshumaEvent Type: Author chatVenue: Virtual (Zoom)Time: 6pm […]
The Caribbean Literature Day 2021, the second to happen, is set to be hosted on Monday, July 12, 2021. At the end of St. Martin Book Fair 2020, the House of Nehesi Publishers announced the new Caribbean Literature Day to be hosted on July 12, 2020. The chosen day was a throwback to when Spanish […]
We give you a list of events from across the African and Black Literature world you can attend in July 2021. Updated regularly. Send us your event to be listed here. Thursday, July 1 Event: Pumla Dineo Gqola’s “The Female Fear Factory” launches Event Type: Book launch Venue: Virtual (Zoom) Time: 1pm CAT Language: English […]
