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English PEN Translates Awards feature African writers.

February 16, 2021

Books by Agnès Agboton, Djamila Morani, Ibrahima Balde and Amets Arzallus Antia feature on the English PEN Translates awards announced […]

Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in […]

October 30, 2018

The Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist has been announced today with twenty writers from ten African countries in the running. […]

The Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist was been announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2018. The longlist of ten features […]

Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast […]

Guinee’s Tierno Monénembo is the recipient of the Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017, the most prestigious award of the […]

There was an evening in honour of Guinea author Camara Laye at the Franco Guinea Cultural Centre on April 24, […]

Guinee minister of culture gave a rousing speech at the opening ceremony of the World Capital Book on April 23, […]

Guinee writer Williams Sassine was honoured with a play in his honour at World Book Capital 2017 in Guinee Conakry. […]

Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2017. 2016 promised and delivered to literary feast […]

We were still savouring the glorious times from last year when Port Harcourt was World Book Capital when we heard […]