Writers from across the African continent converged on Nantes, France at the Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2018 on February 15 to 18, 2018.…
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Mboka Festival 2018 gives tribute to fallen writers
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…
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Mboka Festival 2018 literary program unveiled
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…
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Sudanese writer Bushra al-Fadil Is the Caine Prize 2017 winner
Sudan’s Bushra al-Fadil Is the Caine Prize 2017 winner for his story The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away. The announcement was made…
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African writers mourn Ghanaian author Kojo Laing
Ghanaian author of short stories and speculative fiction Kojo Laing passed on April 20, 2017. Kojo Laing, born as Bernard Kojo Laing in 1946, is…
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Caine Prize for Africa Writing 2017 judges announced
The Caine Prize 2017 judges have been announced and they are led by award winning author, poet and, editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes. He will be…
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A snapshot of the Storymoja Ghana Festival 2016
The Storymoja Ghana Festival 2016 was hosted at the W.E.B. Dubois Centre in Accra, Ghana from 21-25 September 2015. We were there when the Storymoja…
View More A snapshot of the Storymoja Ghana Festival 2016Joe Frazier kicks off Ghana Voices Series 2015
The Ghana Voices Series is a monthly event where authors read their work to an audience that was started in 2010 at the Niagara Plus…
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A review of Nii Ayikwei Parkes Tail of the Blue Bird
Book: Tail of the Blue Bird Author: Nii Ayikwei Parkes Publisher: Flipped Eye Publishing Year of publication: 2009 Number of pages: 197 Buy your own…
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