The Writers Project of Ghana is an international literary organisation based in Ghana and the USA dedicated to working with Ghanaian writers & readers to…
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Joe Frazier kicks off Ghana Voices Series 2015
The Ghana Voices Series is a monthly event where authors read their work to an audience that was started in 2010 at the Niagara Plus…
View More Joe Frazier kicks off Ghana Voices Series 2015Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Sika Fakambi win Prix Laure Bataillon
The Prix Laure Bataillon is an award that recognizes the best foreign work translated into French in a year. The winners of this year’s award…
View More Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Sika Fakambi win Prix Laure BataillonGolden Baobab 2014 Winners unveiled
The winners of 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes were announced yesterday. After many hundreds of entries and tension as we waited to see who would be…
View More Golden Baobab 2014 Winners unveiledMeshack Asare wins prestigious Prize for children’s literature
Ghanaian Meshack Asare is the winner of this years 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. The award was announced by World Literature Today, the…
View More Meshack Asare wins prestigious Prize for children’s literatureGolden Baobab Prize for literature 2014 longlist out
The longlist for the biggest prize in children literature the Golden Baobab Prize was announced yesterday in Accra Ghana with writers from across the African…
View More Golden Baobab Prize for literature 2014 longlist outProf Kofi Awoonor Anniversary and symposium
21st September will be a very special day as we mark the 1st anniversary of the infamous Al Shabaab attack on the Westgate Mall in…
View More Prof Kofi Awoonor Anniversary and symposiumIts Caine Prize Night: Best of luck to all the nominees
The winner of the Caine Prize will be announced tonight as part of the series of events called “Africa Writes” in its third year to…
View More Its Caine Prize Night: Best of luck to all the nomineesNii Ayikwei Parkes wins 2014 African Writer´s Residency Award
One of our favourite writers here at JamesMurua.com is Nii Ayikei Parkes. The Ghanaian writer who has done a lot to push the literacy agenda…
View More Nii Ayikwei Parkes wins 2014 African Writer´s Residency Award
A review of Nii Ayikwei Parkes Tail of the Blue Bird
Book: Tail of the Blue Bird Author: Nii Ayikwei Parkes Publisher: Flipped Eye Publishing Year of publication: 2009 Number of pages: 197 Buy your own…
View More A review of Nii Ayikwei Parkes Tail of the Blue BirdThe late Kofi Awoonor looms large at Ghanaian Literature Week
Last week was Ghanaian Literature Week, the third edition of the annual celebration of literature and discussions of book/reading related issues in Ghana. The event…
View More The late Kofi Awoonor looms large at Ghanaian Literature WeekTwo Kenyans on announced Kwani Manuscript prize short list
The Kwani Trust was started a over decade ago to ensure that literature from this part of the world grew. Their latest attempt at this…
View More Two Kenyans on announced Kwani Manuscript prize short list