Lola Shoneyin at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 2.
Lola Shoneyin rounded off the second day of Season 2 of Afrolit Sans Frontières on Instagram from Lagos, Nigeria on […]
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 […]
Lola Shoneyin on Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up.
The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up has been unveiled with the festival set to rock Botswana from September 21-22. […]
Makena Onjerika is Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 winner.
Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika is the Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 winner for her short story Fanta Blackcurrant, published in […]
“The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Lives” is back on stage.
Lola Shoneyin’s novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Lives returns to stage this June. This adapatation has been written […]
The Ake Arts & Book Festival 2017 opening ceremony
The Ake Festival 2017 kicked off with an opening ceremony to remember. Thursday November 16, 2017 was a special day […]
Zakes Mda to headline South Africa Book Fair 2017 in September
The headline act for the South African Book Fair 2017 set to happen from September 8-10 is legendary author Zakes […]
Lola Shoneyin rocks the Green City in the Sun (images and video)
Lola Shoneyin rocked Nairobi, also known as the Green City in the Sun, with events at the Goethe Institut and […]
Leila Aboulela to headline Nigeria’s Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017
Leila Aboulela will be the headline guest at the inaugural Kaduna Book & Arts Festival to be held from July […]
Lola Shoneyin and Maimouna Jallow for Nairobi
Lola Shoneyin and Maimouna Jallow are the featured guests for Goethe Nairobi series, Artistic Encounters. They will be at the […]
Odafe Atogun debut novel Taduno’s Song launches at Ake Festival 2016
Odafe Atogun’s debut novel Taduno’s Song launched at the Ake Festival with eminent personalities including Ngugi Wa Thiong’o attending on […]
African books reimagined at Goethe Nairobi
It was a special time on Thursday evening with five African books reimagined by respected performers at the Goethe Nairobi. […]
African literary deliciousness in Nairobi, Joburg tonight
It’s all happening in Nairobi and Johannesburg as writers converge on their big towns for African literary deliciousness. Last night […]
World Storytelling Day 2016 in Nairobi will be epic!
World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling celebrated every year on (or near) March […]
Nigerians in solidarity with Binyavanga Wainaina #Naija4Binyavanga
#naija4binyavanga thanks @lolashoneyin thanks @tonikan11 #getwellsoon #binyavangawainana A photo posted by Victor Ehikhamenor (@victorsozaboy) on Nov 28, 2015 at […]