Covering the length and breadth of the African continent, here is a list of literary festivals you can attend in 2020. It is regularly updated…
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Category: African Literary Festivals
Where we cover African literary festivals, the writers who attend them and the activities around them. Check out the festivals you can attend in 2018.
JamesMurua.com Outstanding African literary awards 2019.
We present to you the outstanding personalities, books and events for the past year in our annual JamesMurua.com Outstanding African Literary Awards 2019. In 2016,…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Feminist Survival in Conservative Society. (Feminart Arts and Book Festival keynote)
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 was hosted in venues around Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24, 2019. Here is the keynote by the festival…
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A snapshot of Malawi’s Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019. #Feminart19
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 was hosted in venues around Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24, 2019. The festival theme was “the pursuit of…
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Sierra Leone National Book Fair to kick off on December 5.
The Sierra Leone National Book Fair is set to run in Freetown, Sierra Leone from December 5 – 7, 2019. The fair theme is “Read…
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The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 opening ceremony. #Feminarts19
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 officially kicked off at the Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi on November 23, 2019. The festival theme is “The…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga to headline Malawi’s Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019.
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the headline artist at the Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 to be hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24. Early in…
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Abantu Book Festival 2019 guests revealed. #AbantuBookFest
The guests attending the Abantu Book Festival 2019, happening in Soweto, South Africa from December 5-8, were announced on November 14, 2019. The Abantu Book…
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Nommo Awards 2019 winners announced at Ake Festival 2019.
The winners of the African Speculative Society’s Nommo Awards 2019 were announced at the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria on…
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A snapshot of the Salon Du Livre De Mayotte 2019.
The Salon Du Livre De Mayotte 2019, the book fair of the French department of Mayotte, happened in Mamoudzou, Mayotte from October 17-20, 2019. Mayotte…
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A snapshot of the Macondo Literary Festival 2019.
The Macondo Literary Festival 2019 happened at the Kenya Cultural Centre in Nairobi from September 27-29, 2019. The festival theme was “Re-imagining Africa’s histories through…
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A snapshot of the Nairobi International Book Fair 2019.
The Nairobi International Book Fair 2019 was hosted at the Sarit Centre, Nairobi from September 25-29, 2019. The Nairobi International Book Fair, organised by the…
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Goethe-Institut’s AfroYoungAdult anthology to launch at Ake Book Festival 2019.
The AfroYoungAdult anthology from the Goethe-Institut will launch at the Ake Book Festival 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria which happens on October 24-27, 2019. In September…
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Literary festivals across Africa you can attend in October 2019.
We share with you a list of literary festivals you can attend across Africa in October 2019. September was a very activity-filled month of the…
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Nairobi International Book Fair 2019 officially kicks off.
The Nairobi International Book Fair 2019 officially kicked off at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The fair ends on Sunday,…
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