The mentors for Writivism 2019 were announced by the Kampala, Uganda headquartered initiative on March 16, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, that works to build the capacity for writing on the continent was started in Kampala, Uganda in 2012. One of its unique features is its mentor program where established writers mentor […]
Rotimi Babatunde, Gloria Mwaniga Minage, Stanely Onjezani Kenani are the judges for the new short story prize 100 Words Africa. 100wordsafrica.com is a rolling fiction-writing competition where entrants submit a 100-word story to win a dollar cash prize every month! By welcoming both amateur and seasoned writers, they aim to amplify an African renaissance. So […]
Lola Shoneyin’s novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Lives returns to stage this June. This adapatation has been written by Rotimi Babatunde and is directed by Femi Elufowoju Jr. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is a scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria. Baba Segi has three […]
The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is an international annual award aims to promote and celebrate the excellence of the modern short story, and has attracted entries from some of the world’s finest writers. The award was launched by Lord Evans of EFG Private Bank and The Sunday Times in 2010 and is the […]
The 16th Lagos Arts and Book Festival will be rocking Lagos from the 10th of November in the commercial capital of Nigeria. This years events will honour Prof. Wole Soyinka @ 80; for the uninformed Prof. Wole Soyinka @ 80 is a celebration of Africa’s first Literature Nobel laureate as he turns eighty this year. […]
