The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 was hosted in venues around Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24, 2019. Here is the keynote by the festival…
View More Tsitsi Dangarembga: Feminist Survival in Conservative Society. (Feminart Arts and Book Festival keynote)Category: Zimbabwe
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Thandi Sebe wrap up Artistic Encounters for 2019.
Tsitsi Dangarembga and Thandi Sebe were the final acts at the Artistic Encounters series for 2019 at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi on November 27, 2019. They…
View More Tsitsi Dangarembga, Thandi Sebe wrap up Artistic Encounters for 2019.Tsitsi Dangarembga, Thandi Sebe to wrap up Artistic Encounters in 2019 on November 27.
Tsitsi Dangarembga and Thandi Sebe are the last artists of the year to feature in the 2019 Artistic Encounters series at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi on…
View More Tsitsi Dangarembga, Thandi Sebe to wrap up Artistic Encounters in 2019 on November 27.Noviolet Bulawayo’s “We Need New Names” available in Italian.
Noviolet Bulawayo’s award-winning debut novel We Need New Names is available in Italian as C‘è Bisogno Di Nuovi Nomi. In 2011, Noviolet Bulawayo won the…
View More Noviolet Bulawayo’s “We Need New Names” available in Italian.NoViolet Bulawayo, Simphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Malebo Sephodi for Johannesburg Institute Fellowships.
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study Writing Fellowships announced its fellows for 2020 on October 26, 2019. The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is…
View More NoViolet Bulawayo, Simphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Malebo Sephodi for Johannesburg Institute Fellowships.Morland Writing Scholarships 2019 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Morland Writing Scholarships 2019 was announced today, October 25, 2019. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as…
View More Morland Writing Scholarships 2019 shortlist announced.Novelist Novuya Rosa Tshuma thrills in Nairobi city tour.
Novuyo Rosa Tsuma thrilled Nairobi residents as she made appearances at a series of events from September 26-29, 2019. Novuyo Rosa Tsuma is no new…
View More Novelist Novuya Rosa Tshuma thrills in Nairobi city tour.Meet the African writers for the Iowa International Writing Program 2019.
Batsirai Chigama, Shadreck Chikoti, Soukaina Habiballah, Tade Ipadeola, Amira-Géhanne Khalfallah, Samuel Menghesteab, Martha Mukaiwa, and Yamkela Tywakadi are the African writers to take part in…
View More Meet the African writers for the Iowa International Writing Program 2019.Throwback Thursday: Zimbabwean author and poet Dambudzo Marechera.
In the return of our “Throwback Thursday” segment, we feature legendary late Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera. Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer,…
View More Throwback Thursday: Zimbabwean author and poet Dambudzo Marechera.Tsitsi Dangarembga on US St. Francis College Literary Prize 2019 shortlist.
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s This Mournable Body is on the shortlist for the St Francis College Literary Prize 2019 announced on August 15, 2019. The St Francis…
View More Tsitsi Dangarembga on US St. Francis College Literary Prize 2019 shortlist.Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin on US’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 longlist.
Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift and Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man are on the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 longlist…
View More Namwali Serpell, Tope Folarin on US’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 longlist.Five Literary festivals you can attend across Africa in July 2019.
We share five literary festivals lovers of writing can attend across Africa in July 2019. Lovers of African writing have been enjoying the last few…
View More Five Literary festivals you can attend across Africa in July 2019.Short Story Day Africa 2018 shortlist announced.
The shortlist of ten writers in the running for Short Story Day Africa 2018 was announced on July 4, 2019. South African headquartered Short Story…
View More Short Story Day Africa 2018 shortlist announced.Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Diana Evans on UK’s Orwell Prize 2019 shortlist.
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Diana Evans are on the Orwell Prize 2019 shortlist announced today June 10, 2019. The Orwell Prizes, named in honour of…
View More Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Diana Evans on UK’s Orwell Prize 2019 shortlist.Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Sulaiman Addonia, Diana Evans on UK’s Orwell Prize 2019 longlist.
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Sulaiman Addonia, and Diana Evans are on the Orwell Prize 2019 longlist announced today May 7, 2019. The Orwell Prizes are the…
View More Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Sulaiman Addonia, Diana Evans on UK’s Orwell Prize 2019 longlist.