Ayobami Adebayo awarded Prix Les Afriques 2020 in virtual ceremony
Ayobami Adebayo’s Reste Avec Moi was awarded the Prix Les Afriques 2020 in a virtual ceremony on Saturday, December 12, […]
Ayobami Adebayo’s “Reste Avec Moi” is Prix Les Afriques 2020 winner
Ayobami Adebayo’s Reste Avec Moi was awarded the Prix Les Afriques 2020 in an announcement made on November 27, 2020. […]
Prix Les Afriques 2020 shortlist announced.
Ayobami Adebayo, Sara Collins, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Léonora Miano, and Johary Ravaloson, are on the shortlist for Prix Les Afriques […]
Ayobami Adebayo is 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 winner.
It has emerged that Ayobami Adebayo is the winner of the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 for her debut novel […]
The Writivism 2019 mentors have been announced.
The mentors for Writivism 2019 were announced by the Kampala, Uganda headquartered initiative on March 16, 2019. Writivism, the project […]
Literary journal “Saraba” is ten!
Founders and editors of Saraba wrote love letters to the literary journal as it turned ten on February 15, 2019. […]
Ayobami Adebayo’s “Stay With Me” now in French.
Ayobami Adebayo’s debut novel Stay With Me is now available in French. The book was released in France by Editions […]
Three Africans on Dublin International Literary Award 2019 longlist.
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Zinzi Clemmons, and Omar El Akkad are the three Africans on the Dublin International Literary Award 2019 longlist […]
African writers converge for Berlin’s first African Book Festival.
Writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the first African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the […]
Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah are MacDowell Fellows 2018
Ayobami Adebayo and Lesley Nneka Arimah join 82 other artists from all over the world as MacDowell Fellows 2018. The […]
Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Marcus Low make 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist
The 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist has been announced and the three writers in the running for Africa’s richest […]
Ayobami Adebayo is Future Awards Africa Prize 2017 winner
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀ is the Future Awards Africa Prize for Art & Culture 2017 winner. The award was given at a […]
Kimani, Adebayo, Okorafor, Noah make New York Times Notable Books of 2017
Peter Kimani, Ayobami Adebayo, Nnedi Okorafor, and Trevor Noah have made the New York Times Notable Books of 2017. The […]
9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced
The nine books on the longlist for the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017, formerly the Etisalat Prize, have been announced. […]
Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017
The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 will take place at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on November […]
