Eight books by African authors that have been translated in 2019.
We give you eight books by African authors that have been translated into several languages in 2019. Translation is a […]
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 […]
José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta make Dublin 2017 shortlist
José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta are three African on the shortlist of the Dublin International Literary Award […]
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit […]
Images from the Uganda International Writers’ Conference 2015
So I gave a snapshot from the 2015 edition of the Uganda International Writers’ Conference on Wednesday. Here are images […]
A snap shot of the Uganda International Writers’ Conference 2015
It was all going down in Kampala, Uganda as writers from around continent converged for the 2015 edition of the […]
Etisalat Prize Shortlist 2014 announced
And then there were three. The judges for the Etisalat Prize for African literature have whittled down the long list […]
Meet African writers on the Palm Print’s The Living Room
Getting to read Africans is getting easier and easier with spaces like Amazon and more publishers than ever getting into […]
2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature longlist announced
The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature was announced by the panel of judges earlier today. They are; […]
Nigerian Chinelo Okparanta wins US short story prize
Nigerian writer Chinelo Okparanta is one of the winners of the short fiction 2014 O. Henry Prize. The O Henry […]