Writers from across the African continent converged on Nantes, France at the Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2018 on February 15 to 18, 2018.…
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Category: Senegal
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins French Voices Award 2017
Senegal born writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr won the French Voices Award 2017 for his novel Terre Ceinte (Earth Girdle) on February 6, 2018. Also being…
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Seven African books shortlisted for The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018
Eight African writers are in the running with seven books on cooking published in Africa at The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018. They are Yemisi…
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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…
View More Andrée-Marie Diagne Bonané wins Goethe-Institut & Sylt Foundation award 2017Writivism 2016 Workshop Facilitators announced
The facilitators who will be running the 2016 writing workshops in cities around the continent have been announced. They will be Yewande Omotoso, Edwige-Renee Dro,…
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The New African magazine has published its highly regarded 100 Hundred Most Influential Africans 2014 and it has some of what the team who run…
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