Alain Mabanckou Archives - James Murua's Literature Blog

Alain Mabanckou stars at Francophonie Month in Nairobi

Alain Mabanckou dazzled Nairobi residents as the guest of honour of Francophonie Month in Kenya from March 10-14, 2022. Every […]

Congolese author and academic Alain Mabanckou will present three of his titles at the Alliance Française, Nairobi on Thursday, March […]

The Atlantide Literature Festival executive directed by Alain Mabanckou kicks off in Nantes, France from February 24 – 27, 2022. […]

Alain Mabanckou was revealed to be one of the judges for the Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 on Tuesday, January […]

Bernardine Evaristo was revealed to be new President-elect of the Royal Society of Literature on November 30, 2021. The society […]

The writers who made the longlist for the Prix Kourouma 2021 were announced on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. When legendary […]

The Atlantide Festival 2019, curated by Alain Mabanckou, was hosted in Nantes, France from February 28 to March 3, 2019. […]

Alain Mabanckou is the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Legacy Award 2018 winner for his novel Black Moses. The announcement […]

The Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2018 nominees have been announced and feature writers and poets with African roots. They include […]

Alain Mabanckou is on the Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist that has been announced today. The Man Booker International […]

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit […]

The Etisalat Prize for African literature has announced a new panel judges for 2014. With last year’s former judge Sarah […]