Saddiq Dzukogi wins Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2022.
Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla was declared the winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2022 on Wednesday, […]
Veronique Tadjo is Ake Festival 2022 headliner.
Veronique Tadjo will headline the Ake Arts & Book Festival 2022 which runs in Abeokuta, Nigeria from November 24-26, 2022. […]
Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim wins Quramo Writers’ Prize 2022
Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim was declared the winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2022 at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie receives WEB Dubois Award.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received Harvard University’s WEB Dubois Award at a ceremony at the University in the United States on […]
Quramo Writers’ Prize 2022 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2022 was shared by the prize organisers on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. The […]
Sokoto Book and Arts Festival 2022 for Nigeria in November.
The Sokoto Book and Arts Festival 2022, also known as Sobafest, will return to Sokoto, Nigeria from November 4 – […]
Quramo Festival of Words 2022, QFEST 2022, starts on October 7.
The Quramo Festival of Words or QFest 2022 will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from October 7 – 9, 2022. […]
Book Digest: Binyavanga Wainaina, Monique Severin, Nike Campbell, Yessoh G.D
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Binyavanga Wainaina, Monique […]
Lagos International Poetry Festival 2022 artists revealed
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2022 will be hosted in venues in Lagos, Nigeria as well as online from October […]
Scholastica Moraa wins Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022
Scholastica Moraa was declared the winner of the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022 at a ceremony in Thika, Kenya […]
Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2022 to kick off on October 2
The Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2022, with the theme “The (Struggling) Thriving Artist,” is set to run from October […]
Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022 was announced on Thursday, September 15, 2022. The Kendeka Prize […]
Book Digest: Seven Anthologies by African writers to enjoy
We give you some anthologies to keep you busy this weekend as well as to look forward to in the […]
The finalists of the US’ Kirkus Awards 2022 revealed
The finalists for the Kirkus Awards 2022 were revealed on Thursday, September 8, 2022. Here are the writers of African […]
Exclusive: Roland Watson-Grant visits Nigeria’s Ibom Festival
Jamaican writer Roland Watson-Grant gives us an exclusive glimpse into his visit to the Ibom Art and Book Festival hosted […]
