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Chinelo Okparanta, Mia Couto and Jose Eduardo Agualusa Shortlisted for the...
The 2017 Dublin Literary Award has released its ten-strong shortlist, and on it are Nigeria’s Chinelo Okparanta for Under the Udala Trees, Mozambique’s Mia Couto for Confession of the Lioness, and...
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Nnedi Okorafor, Igoni Barrett, Tendai Huchu, Lesley Nneka, Ntone Edjabe Lead...
The shortlist for the inaugural Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans has been released, and among the familiar names on the 19-strong list are: Hugo and World Fantasy Awards winner and...
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Easter 2017 Event: Afridiaspora Magazine Hosts Elnathan John in New York
Afridiaspora magazine will host Elnathan John for a reading on April 15 at Sister’s Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Centre, New York. The 5 PM event is organised by the magazine’s founder, Nana-Ama...
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Here Are the Chosen Participants for the 2017 Cameroon/Nigeria Literary...
Following their call for applications, the participants for the Cameroon/Nigeria Literary Exchange Programme have been announced. The project is organised by Cameroun’s Bakwa magazine, Nigeria’s...
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Boubacar Baris Diop and Abdellatif Laabi Are Finalists for the 2017 Best...
Senegalese author Boubacar Baris Diop’s novel Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks and Moroccan author Abdellatif Laabi’s poetry collection In Praise of Defeat are now finalists for the 2017 Best...
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Africa Writes Calls for Volunteers for 2017 Festival
The annual Africa Writes Festival will be held from 30 June to 2 July and its organisers, the Royal African Society, is seeking volunteers for the London event. The Society will cover volunteers’...
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Here’s How to Attend Imbolo Mbue’s PEN/Faulkner Award Ceremony on May 6 in...
Earlier this month, Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers won her the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award, making her the first African author to do this. Imbolo Mbue will be honoured on May 6 at the Folger...
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Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Wins the 2017 “One Maryland, One Book”...
Chimamanda Adichie’s first novel Purple Hibiscus (2003) has won the 2017 “One Maryland, One Book” initiative. This is Adichie’s second win in a US statewide reading program, coming weeks after her...
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Is Fiston Mujila’s Tram 83 Misogynist Poverty Porn? Zukiswa Wanner and...
In August 2014, Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut French-language novel, Tram 83, was released to rapturous acclaim in France. By 2015, it had been translated into English and the rave was...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Submit to CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for...
CODE have made a call for submissions to its 2017 Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature. The award replaces the Burt Award for African Literature, which comprised four separate prizes in...
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Is Tram 83 Misogynist Poverty Porn? Petina Gappah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ainehi...
Two days ago, we covered an important conversation that had started on Facebook in reaction to Ikhide Ikheloa’s essay in which he described Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s 2015 Etisalat Prize-winning debut...
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Dinaw Mengestu, Chinelo Okparanta and Yaa Gyasi Listed among Granta’s Best of...
Granta has released its prestigious once-in-a-decade Best of Young American Novelists list and it includes Ethiopia’s Dinaw Mengestu, Nigeria’s Chinelo Okparanta, and Ghana’s Yaa Gyasi. The 21-writer...
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Nnedi Okorafor, Igoni Barrett, Tendai Huchu, Lesley Nneka, Ntone Edjabe Lead...
The shortlist for the inaugural Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans has been released, and among the familiar names on the 19-strong list are: Hugo and World Fantasy Awards winner and...
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Enkare Review Releases Widely Awaited First Issue
The Nairobi-based literary magazine Enkare Review has released its widely awaited Issue No 1, and it includes the much-discussed ambitious interview with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. Also...
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Little, Brown Acquires Rights to Chigozie Obioma’s Beautifully-titled Second...
Nigeria’s Booker-shortlisted author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma, has had his second novel acquired by the publishing house Little, Brown for release in 2019. The beautifully titled An Orchestra...
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The 12 African Authors Participating in the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival
The 2017 PEN World Voices Festival has begun in New York. The 2015 festival, which focused on African literature, was co-curated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Here is a description of the 2017 festival...
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PHOTOS | Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay With Me Book Tour in the UK
While we’re rooting for Ayobami Adebayo to become only the second African take the Baileys Prize, she has kicked off her UK book tour for her shortlisted novel Stay With Me. If she wins, she is...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Pan MacMillan South Africa Now Accepting...
Pan MacMillan South Africa, which usually does not accept unsolicited submissions, has announced their open submissions period. On 8 May, the publishing house began considering unsolicited submissions...
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Prof. Simon Gikandi Receives Distinguished Achievement Award from Princeton...
Towering Kenyan critic Simon Gikandi, professor of English at Princeton, has been honored with the university’s Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities. One of the most...
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Rotimi Babatunde’s Second Stage Adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret...
Caine Prize-winner Rotimi Babatunde’s long-awaited UK stage adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is coming soon. The Facebook page, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s...
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