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Category: Zimbabwe
Short Story Day Africa Prize 2020 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Short Story Day Africa Prize 2020 has been announced today, October 8, 2020. Short Story Day Africa recognises short story writers…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga appointed UEA International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa).
Tsitsi Dangarembga was appointed the University of East Anglia International Chair of Creative Writing (Africa) on September 29, 2020. Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of the…
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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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Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, Brandon Taylor on Booker Prize 2020 shortlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, and Brandon Taylor are on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2020 announced on September 15, 2020. The Booker Prize for…
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Petina Gappah’s ‘Out of Darkness, Shining Light’ for One Read in September 2020.
Petina Gappah’s Out of Darkness, Shining Light was announced at the September offering for the One Read App on September 7, 2020. One Read is…
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Makanaka Mavengere at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.
Makanaka Mavengere featured at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5 from Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, August 3, 2020. She was hosted by Zukiswa Wanner. Afrolit…
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Booker prize-longlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga arrested #FreeTsitsiDangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga has been arrested by police in Harare, Zimbabwe today, July 31, 2020. Tsitsi Dangarembga started the week being longlisted for the Booker Prize,…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, Kiley Reid, Brandon Taylor on Booker Prize 2020 longlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Maaza Mengiste, Kiley Reid, and Brandon Taylor are on the longlist for the Booker Prize 2020 announced on July 27, 2020. The Booker…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ayesha Harruna Attah on Saroyan Prize 2020 shortlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ayesha Harruna Attah, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah are on the shortlist for the Saroyan Prize 2020 announced on June 1, 2020. William Saroyan…
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Christopher Mlalazi’s “Running With Mother” now available in Spanish.
Christopher Mlalazi’s novel Running With Mother is now available in Spanish from Mexican outfit El Sotano. Bulawayo-born Christopher Mlalazi is the writer of several titles…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga kicks off “Girls Friday” at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 3.
Tsitsi Dangarembga kicked off “Girls Friday” at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 3 from Harare, Zimbabwe on May 29, 2020. She was hosted by Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu…
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Eliphas Nyamogo’s new anthology “End of the Dream” out now.
Eliphas Nyamogo’s anthology End Of The Dream: 7 Short Stories On Postcolonial World Order, published by the Goethe-Institut Munich, is out now. Eliphas Nyamogo made…
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Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 3: Meet the writers.
Here are the writers who will feature at Season 3 of Afrolit Sans Frontières running from May 25 – June 1, 2020. The festival theme…
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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020 was announced on Friday, March 6, 2020. Afritondo is a platform that aims to connect with…
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