Its not ending. More organisations have come out denying plagiarist of the decade Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga. They are Enkare, Jalada and Poetry Passion. The fallout continues from the mess that was unleashed on us by the criminal actions of a young man. Organisations like Nyanza Literary festival as well as Writivism and Babishai Niwe have […]
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is the winner of the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 for his novel Season of Crimson Blossoms. He beat out Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John for the US$100,000 prize money. It’s been a very profitable day for Nigerian writer Abubakar Adam Ibrahim as his debut novel Season of Crimson Blossoms published […]
The Brunel African Poetry Prize 2017 is now open for entries. Original poems are welcome from all Africans. The Brunel African Poetry Prize is a major annual poetry prize of £3000 aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa. Now in its fourth year, this year the Prize is sponsored by Brunel University and […]
Writivism and Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation have released statements on the ongoing clusterfuck that is Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga. We are starting to finally get our minds around the mess that Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga left when he opted to build a poetry career with blatant theft of other poets work. Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp across the […]
The Nyanza Literary Festival organisers have rescinded Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga’s Poetry Award. The Kenyan poetry community never knew what hit it as the story of Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga broke on the interwebs. The reactions have been many with many embarrassed that someone could plagiarise for so long without being busted. This applies to readers who […]
The Association of Nigerian Authors Literary Prizes 2016 shortlists were announced on 2nd October 2016. The Association of Nigerian Authors is the most vibrant of author associations on the continent with branches all over the West African nation. The organisation was started in 1981 with “father of African literature” Professor Chinua Achebe being its prime […]
The writers in the running for the 2016 South African Literary Awards 2016 were announced on 7th October 2016. The South African Literary Awards which are celebrating 11 years as an organisation announced those in the running for what is considered to be the most prestigious award ceremony going. The awards were founded by the […]
A statement from The Missing Slate on Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga and his work has emerged and has the Kenyan poetry community abuzz. Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga: Writivism and Babishai Niwe release statements. Nyanza Literary Festival rescinds Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga’s Poetry Award. It was a big year for Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga the Kenyan poet who was nominated […]
Book blog Bellapacebooks.org was voted in as Kenya’s best new blog at Kenya’s Social Media Awards 2016 on 30th September 2016. Social media is a big deal in Kenya. It is the way that a nation that had been long repressed by a dictatorial regime for quarter of a century have found to communicate with […]
Saraba Magazine has given a sneak peek of their new Power Anthology with the new story Let’s Talk About Something Else by Suzanne Ushie. In May this year, I announced that Saraba is seeking peoples’ entries for its Power edition. It looks like the anthology is more of less ready if indicators are to be […]
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