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Breaking: Abantu Book Festival 2020 cancelled on funding concerns.

December 1, 2020

The Abantu Book Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to issues with raising funds in an announcement dated November 30, […]

Abantu Book Festival, Gaborone Book Festival, and Pa Gya! Literary Festival have announced the dates they will happen in three […]

The guests attending the Abantu Book Festival 2019, happening in Soweto, South Africa from December 5-8, were announced on November […]

The Abantu Book Festival 2019 has started its run for fundraising with its annual appeal for support from the abantu. […]

Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in […]

The third edition of what is quickly becoming Southern Africa’s premier literary festival, the Abantu Book Festival 2018, was hosted […]

Wally Mongane Serote has been announced as the new South African Poet Laureate taking over a role that was previously […]

The Abantu Book Festival 2018 artist line up was announced on the event’s social media platforms on October 23, 2018. […]

After a year of pining away remembering the good times, South African literary scene enthusiasts are now excited as the […]

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

The Abantu Book Festival is set to be hosted in Soweto, South Africa from 6-10 December 2016. The festival theme […]

What a year 2015 was where African literary festivals were concerned. A record number showcased some of the coolest people […]