Kelechi Njoku was announced as one of the residents of the Kehinde Wiley founded Black Rock Residency in Dakar, Senegal on July 22, 2019. Kehinde…
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Category: Residencies
Blackbird Books new residency seeks young black womxn writers.
Blackbird Books are seeking out young African womxn who are starting their careers as writers for a new writer’s residency in Pretoria, South Africa. Blackbird…
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Residencies: Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala.
Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala are off to residencies in different parts of the world. Residencies are an important part of the…
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Bandele, Eltahawy, Saro-Wiwa, Msimang are Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018.
Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang are the Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists,…
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Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu at Ebedi International Writers Residency.
Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu are the latest recipients of the Ebedi International Writers Residency. They began their residency on May 2, 2018.…
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Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah are MacDowell Fellows 2018
Ayobami Adebayo and Lesley Nneka Arimah join 82 other artists from all over the world as MacDowell Fellows 2018. The MacDowell Colony is a US…
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Fatin Abbas, Kiprop Kimutai make James Baldwin residency shortlist
Fatin Abbas and Kiprop Kimutai are on the shortlist for being a Saint-Paul de Vence James Baldwin Writer-in-Residence. In honor of the 30th anniversary of…
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Seven African artists make Bellagio Residency 2018 shortlist
Mona Eltahawy, Sisonke Msimang, Yemisi Aribisala, Ayobami Adebayo, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, and Sylvia Vollenhoven are shortlistees for the Bellagio Residency in literature. The…
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Ebedi International Writers Residency recipients for Feb/March 2018 announced
The Ebedi International Writers Residency recipients for Feb/March 2018 are Chibųìhè Obi, Blessing Akinsehinwa, Silas Katung and Wole Ayoola. The Ebedi International Writers Residency Program…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Panashe Chigumadzi for University of Iowa Writing Residency
The University of Iowa has announced the next group of participants in the 2017 edition of its legendary writing residency. The University of Iowa International…
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Andrée-Marie Diagne Bonané wins Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation award 2017
Senegalese writer Andrée-Marie Diagne Bonané is the winner of the Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation African Writer´s Residency Award (AWRA) 2017. The Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation…
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Three African writers flag off Ebedi Residency 2017 program
Three writers, from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria have arrived Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria as the first set of the 2017 Ebedi International Writers Residency Program.…
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Novuyo Tshuma, Percy Zvomuya and Kiprop Kimutai make Artists In Residency shortlist
The Africa Centre announced its nominees for several residencies for many African artists for the Artists In Residency program. In literature, they have nominated Zimbabweans…
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Five poets for Ibadan Poetry Foundation 2016 Residency
Five poets all from Nigeria will be attending the Ibadan Poetry Foundation 2016 Residency. They are Lydia Ibinike Osinowo, Winifred Binogun, Akwu Sunday Victor, Minalisa…
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Three Nigerian writers for Ebedi International Residency 2016 September
Ehizogie Iyeoma, Ikechukwu Nwaogu and Servio Gbadamosi are the three Nigerian writers who just arrived in Iseyin, Oyo State for the six weeks September to…
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