Book Digest: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, Jessemusse Cacinda, Okechukwu Nzelu
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, […]
Nedjma Kacimi wins Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022
Nedjma Kacimi’s debut novel Sensible was declared the winner of Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022 on May 21, 2022. […]
Blaise Ndala, Louis-Philippe Dalembert on Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022 shortlist
Blaise Ndala and Louis-Philippe Dalembert are on the shortlist for Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022 announced on April 9, […]
Chika Unigwe on Prix Fragonard 2022 Deuxième Selection
Chika Unigwe is on the deuxième selection for Prix Fragonard 2022 announced on Thursday, April 7, 2022. French perfumer Fragonard […]
Louis-Philippe Dalembert is Prix Joseph Kessel 2022 finalist.
Louis-Philippe Dalembert was revealed to be a finalist of Prix Joseph Kessel 2022 on March 31, 2022. Prix Joseph Kessel […]
Jean D’Amerique wins Prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté 2022.
Jean D’Amerique’s Soleil à coudre was declared the winner of Prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté 2022 on Tuesday, March 22, […]
David Diop, Akwaeke Emezi on Dublin Literary Award 2022 shortlist
David Diop and Akwaeke Emezi are on the shortlist for the Dublin International Literary Award 2022 has been announced today, […]
Alain Mabanckou-powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2022 starts February 24.
The Atlantide Literature Festival executive directed by Alain Mabanckou kicks off in Nantes, France from February 24 – 27, 2022. […]
Prix Littéraire Fetkann Maryse Condé 2021 winners announced.
Emmelie Prophete, Lussunzi Vita Mbala, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Jean D’Amerique, Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Levy were revealed to be Prix […]
Jean D’Amérique wins Prix Dubreuil, Prix Apollinaire
Jean D’Amérique’s Soleil à coudre was declared the winner of both the Prix Apollinaire Découverte poésie 2021 and the Prix […]
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins Prix Goncourt 2021.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s novel La plus Secrète Mémoire Des Hommes is the winner of Prix Goncourt 2021, France’s most prestigious […]
Scholastique Mukasonga on UK’s Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2021 Longlist.
Scholastique Mukasonga’s Our Lady of the Nile is on the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2021 […]
Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr are Prix Goncourt 2021 finalists.
Louis-Philippe Dalembert and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr were revealed to be Prix Goncourt 2021 finalists today, October 26, 2021. The Prix […]
Writers of African descent finalists on Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2021.
Blaise Ndala, Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe, Bessora, and Emmelie Prophete are finalists of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la […]
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on Prix Renaudot 2021 first selection
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s La Plus Secrète Mémoire Des Hommes features on Prix Renaudot 2021 first selection announced on September 9, […]