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Tendai Huchu at Goethe-Institut Namibia’s “Virtually Yours” in December.

James Murua December 11, 2020 No Comments Tendai Huchu

Tendai Huchu was the featured author at the Goethe-Institut Namibia’s Virtually Yours on Saturday, December 5, 2020. He was moderated by series curator Zukiswa Wanner.…

Anthologies Awards Fiction Nigeria

Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners announced.

James Murua July 18, 2019 No Comments Leye Adenle Mukoma Wa Ngugi Syncity NG Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology and Prize Tendai Huchu

The Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners were announced on July 17, 2019. Syncity NG was founded by Nigerian writer Cynthia Osuchukwu as a…

Awards Festivals Nigeria Speculative Fiction

Nommo Awards 2017 awarded at the Ake Festival 2017

James Murua November 18, 2017 No Comments Ake Festival Ake Festival 2017 Avonome Binti Nnedi Okorafor Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2017 Rosewater Tade Thompson Tendai Huchu The Marriage Plot Tony Ilube Who Will Greet You At Home. Lesley Nneka Arimah

The Nommo Awards 2017 were handed out at the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival 2017.In 2016, the African Speculative Fiction Society announced itself on…

Festivals Nigeria

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016

James Murua September 30, 2016 1 Comment Ake Festival Ake Festival 2016 Alain Mabanckou Chinelo Okparanta Helon Habila Jowhor Ile Laila Lalami Laolu Senbanjo Ngugi Wa Thiongo Noviolet Bulawayo Odafe Atogun Okey Ndibe Panashe Chigumadzi Petina Gappah Sarah Ladipo Manyika Tade Thompson Teju Cole Tendai Huchu Toni Kan

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe…

Festivals Nigeria

The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2015 is here!

James Murua November 16, 2015 No Comments A Igoni Barrett Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Ainehi Edoro Ake Festival Ake Festival 2015 Bibi Bakare-Yusuf and Zukiswa Wanner Prof Niyi Osundare Rachel Zadok Siphiwo Mahala Tendai Huchu Veronique Tadjo

At this moment people are flying into Nigeria from all over world headed to Abeokuta; they are all coming to that city a couple of…

Transition Zimbabwe

Authors give tributes to late Zimbabwean author and poet Chenjerai Hove

James Murua July 13, 2015 1 Comment Binyavanga Wainaina Chenjerai Hove Goretti Kyomuhendo Niq Mhlongo Petina Gappah Tendai Huchu Zukiswa Wanner

Zimbabwean author, poet and commentator Chenjerai Hove passed on in Stavanger, Norway on Sunday. The author who was born in Mazvihwa in 1956 leaves a…

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The Writivism Short Story Prize Shortlist 2015 out

James Murua June 1, 2015 1 Comment Adeola Opeyemi Ainehi Edoro Being a Man Caterer Chika Unigwe Dayo Adewunmi Ntwari Devil’s Village Dream Mukoma Wa Ngugi Nnedinma Jane Kalu Pemi Aguda Rachel Zadok Saaleha Bhamjee Social Studies Tendai Huchu Writivism Writivism Short Story Prize Writivism Short Story Prize 2015

The short list for the Writivism Short Story Competition 2015 has been announced by Chika Unigwe the chair of the judging panel. She was helped…

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The Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 Longlist

James Murua May 25, 2015 No Comments Adeola Opeyemi Ainehi Edoro Anthea Paelo Ceris Dien Dayo Adewunmi Ntwari Emmanuel Sigauke Erica Sugo Anyadike Hassan Higenyi Kagure Mugo Lineo Segoete Mukoma Wa Ngugi Muthi Bentley David Nhlema Nnedinma Jane Kalu Oyebisi Dairo Patricia Egessa Pemi Aguda Priscillar Matara Rachel Zadok Saaleha Bhamjee Saaleha Idrees Bamjee Sima Mittal Sneha Shibu Sumayya Lee Tendai Huchu Vivian Ogbonna Walter Ude Writivism Writivism Short Story Prize Writivism Short Story Prize 2015

The long list for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize, selected from a record 277 entries, was announced last Friday afternoon. The panel of judges…

Awards Zimbabwe

Tendai Huchu is Zimbabwe author the year

James Murua May 11, 2015 No Comments Daniel Sebata Epi Mabika Rudo Muchoko Tendai Huchu Zimbabwe Achievers Awards Zimbabwe Achievers Awards 2015

The annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) is one of the most important events in the African community in the UK. The awards born in 2010…

South Africa

Cynthia Jele short story to kick off Long Story Short Project

James Murua March 26, 2015 1 Comment A Igoni Barrett Chibundu Onuzo Chika Unigwe Cynthia Jele Doreen Baingana HJ Golakai Jamala Safari K Sello Duiker Karen Jennings Kgebetli Moele Lauri Kubuitsile Long Story Short Long Story Short project Monique Kwachou Niq Mhlongo Nozizwe Cynthia Jele Rachel Zadok Reneilwe Malatji Shafinaaz Hassim Siphiwo Mahala Tendai Huchu Thando Mngqolozana Uche Peter Umez Veronique Tadjo Wame Molefhe Yewande Omotoso Zakes Mda Zukiswa Wanner

There are so many events in and around the African Literature sphere in the very recent. One of the one’s which I have been tracking…

Book Reviews Zimbabwe

A review of Tendai Huchu’s The Hairdresser of Harare

James Murua December 17, 2014 1 Comment Freight Books Tendai Huchu The Hairdresser of Harare Weavers Press Zimbabwe

Book: The Hairdresser of Harare Author: Tendai Huchu Publisher: Freight Books/Weavers Press Zimbabwe Year of publication: 2013/2010 Number of pages: 236 Genre: Fiction Tendai Huchu’s…