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African literary Podcast Episode 2

March 23, 2018

This podcast has been divided into three general sections starting with a news section in two part. That will be followed by the book review…

Miles Morland

Miles Morland Foundation’s new focus at fifth year milestone

February 2, 2018

The Miles Morland Foundation showed up on our shores in 2013 with little fanfare and has since grown to be the most influential literary organisations…

Writers at the Festival Fim do Caminho 2017

African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2018

January 22, 2018

Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners…

Okey Ndibe presents Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

African literary festivals you can attend in 2017

January 19, 2017

Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2017. 2016 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners…

Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016 to make Kampala splash

August 24, 2016

The Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016, founded by Beverley Nambozo, will be making a Kampala splash as poets and other performers land in the Ugandan…

Storymoja Festival Ghana

Storymoja Festival 2016 for Ghana this year; not Kenya

June 14, 2016

  The popular Storymoja Festival 2016 will not be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya this year. The event will be happening in Accra, Ghana from 21-25…

Ghana International Book Fair 2016 set for August

May 18, 2016

The Ghana International Book Fair 2016, the fourteen running of the fair, is scheduled for Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th August, 2016 at the National…

Ciku Kimeria teases new novel in Short Story Day interview

March 30, 2016

Ciku Kimeria has given an interview with Short Story Day Africa where she speaks about a variety of issues include what compels her to write,…

African literary festivals you can attend in 2016

January 8, 2016

What a year 2015 was where African literary festivals were concerned. A record number showcased some of the coolest people and their writing in various…

Prof Niyi Osundare

The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2015 is here!

November 16, 2015

At this moment people are flying into Nigeria from all over world headed to Abeokuta; they are all coming to that city a couple of…

Storymoja Festival 2015: Blog numbero uno

September 22, 2015

The Storymoja festival was in high gear at its new venue the Nairobi Arboretum. The activities were mainly targeted at the younger Kenyan population to…

Storymoja 2015

The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here!

September 16, 2015

The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here ladies and gentlemen! The hype and the tweets and the Facebook statuses and Instagram posts and the planning has…

African literary festivals you can attend in 2015

January 21, 2015

2014 was a great year for Africa’s literature and a slew of festivals across the continent. So with the new year still upon us I…

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