Residencies

Home

Maryam Kazeem

Maryam Kazeem wins Huza Press/Goethe Institut Kigali Writing Residency

by James Murua

July 9, 2021 0 3 weeks

Maryam Kazeem was announced the winner of the Huza Press/Goethe Institut Kigali Writing Residency today, July 9, 2021. In 2020, Huza Press and the Goethe-Institut Kigali announced a new four-week writers’ residency to support writers as they complete or make significant advances with a work-in-progress […]

Awards Residencies Rwanda

by James Murua

June 28, 2021 0 1 mth

Huza Press/Goethe Institut Kigali Writing Residency shortlist announced.

by James Murua

November 27, 2020 0 8 mths

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Resident 2021.

Naledi Mashishi, Relebone Myambo for Blackbird Books/Casa Lorde Residency 2019.

by James Murua

September 25, 2019 0 2 yrs

Naledi Mashishi, Relebone Myambo for Blackbird Books/Casa Lorde Residency 2019.

Iowa International Writing Program

by James Murua

September 11, 2019 1 2 yrs

Meet the African writers for the Iowa International Writing Program 2019.

Niq Mhlongo

by James Murua

September 10, 2019 2 2 yrs

Niq Mhlongo is DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Resident 2020.

Kelechi Njoku

by James Murua

July 23, 2019 2 2 yrs

Kelechi Njoku gets nod for Senegal’s Black Rock Residency.

Blackbird Books new residency

by James Murua

July 9, 2019 1 2 yrs

Blackbird Books new residency seeks young black womxn writers.

Residencies

by James Murua

February 11, 2019 0 2 yrs

Residencies: Efe Paul Azino, Heran Abate, and Joseph Kaifala.

Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang.

by James Murua

May 17, 2018 0 3 yrs

Bandele, Eltahawy, Saro-Wiwa, Msimang are Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018.

Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu

by James Murua

May 6, 2018 0 3 yrs

Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu at Ebedi International Writers Residency.

Ayobami Adebayo and Lesley Nneka Arimah.

by James Murua

April 25, 2018 0 3 yrs

Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah are MacDowell Fellows 2018

by James Murua

March 2, 2018 0 3 yrs

Fatin Abbas, Kiprop Kimutai make James Baldwin residency shortlist

Artists In Residency Bellagio Center residency 2018 shortlist

by James Murua

February 28, 2018 0 3 yrs

Seven African artists make Bellagio Residency 2018 shortlist

Ebedi Writers Residents February 2018

by James Murua

February 13, 2018 0 3 yrs

Ebedi International Writers Residency recipients for Feb/March 2018 announced

Andreena Leeanne, Paul Mendez on Polari First Book Prize 2021 shortlists.

Andreena Leeanne, Paul Mendez on Polari First Book Prize 2021 shortlists.

by James Murua July 31, 2021 0 13 hrs

Nadifa Mohamed, Nathan Harris on Booker Prize for Fiction 2021 longlist.

by James Murua July 28, 2021 0 3 dys

Writers of African descent on British Fantasy Awards 2021 shortlist.

by James Murua July 28, 2021 0 4 dys

Meron Hadero

Meron Hadero wins AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2021.

by James Murua July 27, 2021 1 4 dys

Jama Musse Jama, Stefanie Hirsbrunner for James Murua Literary LiveStream

by James Murua July 27, 2021 0 5 dys

YouTube channel “Kamau Brathwaite Remix Engine” celebrates Caribbean legend.

by James Murua July 21, 2021 0 2 weeks

Literary Magazines: Arablit Quarterly, Lolwe, Open Country, Mosi Oa Tunya, Nataal.

by James Murua July 19, 2021 0 2 weeks

Andreena Leeanne, Paul Mendez on Polari First Book Prize 2021 shortlists.

Meron Hadero