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Awards Festivals Gambia Sierra Leone

Yulisa Amadu Maddy Award in Creative Writing launched

The Yulisa Amadu Maddy Award in creative writing was launched by founder Nadia Maddy at the Mboka Festival 2018 on January 15, 2018. Yulisa Pat…

Linton Kwesi Johnson at Gambia College. Photo/Lena Nian Photography

Festivals Gambia

Linton Kwesi Johnson delivers Mboka Festival 2018 keynote address

James Murua January 24, 2018 No Comments Linton Kwesi Johnson Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018

Festival headliner Linton Kwesi Johnson gave the keynote address of Mboka Festival 2018 at the Gambia College on January 17, 2018 with the topic, “African…

Writers at the Festival Fim do Caminho 2017

Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Festivals Gambia Ghana Guinee Kenya Lesotho Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Republic of Congo Somalia South Africa Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2018

Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners…

Aisha Fofana Ibrahim. Photo/Lena Nian Photography.

Festivals Gambia Transition

Mboka Festival 2018 gives tribute to fallen writers

James Murua January 17, 2018 No Comments Aisha Fofana Ibrahim Anni Domingo Buchi Emecheta Dr. Raphina Philott Almeida Keorapetse Kgositsile Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018 Musa Jallow Natalia Molebatsi Nii Ayikwei Parkes

The Mboka Festival 2018 hosted an evening of celebration to honour the life and achievements of Keorapetse Kgositsile, Buchi Emecheta, Dr Raphina Philott Almeida and…

Tunde Jegede, Natalia Molebatsi and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Photo/Lena Nian Photography

Festivals Gambia South Africa

Linton Kwezi Johnson, Natalia Molebatsi, Tunde Jegede rock Mboka Festival 2018

James Murua January 17, 2018 No Comments Linton Kwezi Johnson Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018 Natalia Molebatsi Tunde Jegede

There was an evening of brilliance at the Ebunjan Theatre in Banjul with Linton Kwezi Johnson, Natalia Molebatsi, and Tunde Jegede with performing to an…

Festivals Gambia

Mboka Festival 2018 kicks off in Banjul, Gambia

James Murua January 17, 2018 No Comments Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018

The Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport more popularly known as the Mboka Festival 2018 kicked off with a ceremony at the Senegambia Hotel…

Festivals Fiction Gambia Poetry

Mboka Festival 2018 literary program unveiled

James Murua January 10, 2018 2 Comments Kadija Sesay Linton Kwesi Johnson Louisa Egbunike Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018 Nadia Maddy Natalia Molebatsi Nii Ayikwei Parkes

The literary program for Mboka Festival 2018 has been unveiled. We here at JamesMurua.com have been following the proceedings from Western African country Gambia with…

Festivals Gambia

Linton Kwesi Johnson to headline Gambia’s Mboka Festival 2018

James Murua December 1, 2017 1 Comment Buchi Emecheta Dr. Raphina Philott Almeida Linton Kwesi Johnson Mboka Festival Mboka Festival 2018 Musa Jallow

Linton Kwesi Johnson will be the headliner at the Mboka Festival 2018 to be hosted in Banjul, Gambia from January 6-20. The Mboka Festival of…