The winners for the African Writers Awards 2020 were announced at the African Writers Conference in Lusaka, Zambia on November 7, 2020. The African Writers…
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Afrolit Sans Frontières African Languages Edition: Meet The Writers.
The writers taking part in the African Languages Edition of Afrolit Sans Frontières which runs from October 26 – November 2, 2020, have been revealed.…
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African Writers Awards 2020 longlists announced.
The longlists for the African Writers Awards 2020 were announced on September 28, 2020. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development…
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AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 announced today, May 19, 2020, features Erica Sugo Anyadike, Chikodili Emelumadu, Jowhor Ile, Rémy…
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Moh’d Khamisi Songoro, Lello Mmassy win Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019.
The winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019 announced in Nairobi on February 27, 2020, are Moh’d Khamisi Songoro for poetry…
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Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar Euphrase Kezilahabi has passed on.
Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar Euphrase Kezilahabi passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020. Euphrase Kezilahabi was born on April 13, 1944, in Ukerewe, Tanganyika…
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Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2019 was announced by its board chair, Abdilatif Abdalla, on December 15, 2019. The…
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Ali Hilal Ali reads “Mmeza Fupa” at Soma Cafe, Dar es Salaam.
Ali Hilal Ali had a reading of his novel Mmeza Fupa at the Soma Book Café in Dar es Salaam on July 27, 2019. Ali…
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist announced.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist has been announced today, April 10, 2019. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best…
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Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2018 winners celebrated.
Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan was the guest of honour as the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2018 winners Zainab Alwi Baharoon and…
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Ali Hilal Ali’s “Mmeza Fupa” out in time for Mabati Cornell Prize 2018 ceremony.
Ali Hilal Ali’s Mabati Cornell Prize 2017 award-winning novel Mmeza Fupa is now available for your reading pleasure in time for Mabati Cornell Prize 2018 ceremony.…
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Zainab Alwi Baharoon, Jacob Ngumbau Julius are Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2018 winners
The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2018 winners have been announced by the board chair, Abdilatif Abdalla today January 23, 2019. The two are Zainab Alwi…
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Goethe Institut’s #AfroYoungAdult workshop participants announced.
The Goethe-Institut announced the participants to take part in #AfroYoungAdult workshops in eight African cities in February 2019 on January 3, 2019. In September 2018,…
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Meet the facilitators for the Goethe Institut’s #AfroYoungAdult workshops.
The team running the Goethe sponsored #AfroYoungAdult project have announced the facilitators for the workshops to be conducted across eight African cities. In September 2018,…
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African Writers Trust workshop hosted in Kampala, Uganda.
The African Writers Trust hosted a mentoring and training workshop moderated by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey alongside Demere Kitunga and Catherine Mark. The workshop was hosted…
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