East African based prizes, Kendeka Prize for African Literature, and the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have made call outs for unpublished work.…
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The longlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 was announced on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Afritondo, a new platform that aims to connect with…
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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was announced as the winner of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2020 for her book Tous tes enfants dispersés…
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In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in January…
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There are thirteen African, African American finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards announced on Monday, January 25, 2021. The National Book Critics Circle,…
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Dreams and Assorted Nightmares is the One Read App offering for January 2021. One Read is a mobile application, brought to you…
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Akwaeke Emezi and Raven Leilani are on the longlist of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 announced today, January 21, 2020. Dylan Thomas was…
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We present to you the awards we covered here at James Murua Literary that were presented around African and Black Literature in 2020. Like any…
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We shine a light on the many books that were produced in African and Black Literature and give you our top picks. It was a…
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We wrap up book news for our readers in our Book Digest feature. Today our focus is the anthologies Accra Noir; No Time to Mourn:…
View More Book Digest: Accra Noir (Ghana), No Time To Mourn (South Sudan), Poetic Justice (Morocco)
With the holiday upon us, here is information on the latest issues of 7 literary journals that offer some of the best writing coming out…
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The longlists for the PEN America literary awards 2021 were announced today, Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Here are the Africans and African Americans in the…
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The shortlists for the Sawiris Cultural Award 2020 were announced on December 15, 2020. The Sawiris Cultural Award, open to Egyptian nationals, is one of…
View More Sawiris Awards 2020 emerging-author shortlists announced.
Chigozie Obioma was announced as one of the judges for the Booker Prize for Fiction 2021 on December 15, 2020. The Booker Prize for Fiction…
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Ayobami Adebayo’s Reste Avec Moi was awarded the Prix Les Afriques 2020 in a virtual ceremony on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Prix Les Afriques is…
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