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Pwaangulongii Dauod Is the 2018 Winner of the Gerald Kraak Award
Nigeria’s Pwaangulongii Dauod has won the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award for his fierce nonfiction piece, “Africa’s Future Has No Space for Stupid Black Men.” A shortlist of 15 artists and 22 pieces of...
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Safia Elhillo, Koleka Putuma, Kemiyondo Coutinho in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List
Four writers have been named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2018: Sudanese poet Safia Elhillo and South African performance poet Koleka Putuma—both of whom were shortlisted for the 2017 Brittle Paper...
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20 Budding Nigerian Writers Make It to Next Stage of the GTBank Dusty...
After spending several weeks poring over more than 1000 stories submitted for the Dusty Manuscript Contest, the judges of the competition have selected their top 20 entries. The selected entries are:...
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Regarding Erasure and Enkare Review: Statement from the Collective
This is a statement from the Enkare Review Collective. ON JUNE 8th 2018, the Enkare Review Collective (13 person team named below), lost access to its platform. The password was changed, and...
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The Unfortunate Events Around Enkare Review: Statement from Troy Onyango
The Enkare Review Collective released a statement yesterday regarding the erasure of the website. This is Troy Onyango’s statement in response. ‘audi alteram partem’ One wonders, if I may begin...
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Chimamanda Adichie Awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize for Her Courage
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize. Named after Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, the PEN Pinter Prize honours a writer of “outstanding...
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Mo Abudu Announces Film Adaptation of Soyinka’s Death And The King’s Horseman
Nollywood personality Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Television, has announced a film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman. She broke the news on her Instagram page, @moabudu, with a...
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Cassava Republic Warns Against the Deletion of Local Publishing Houses
A few days ago, publishers Cassava Republic published on their site a trend in which Nigerian media de-prioritize the work of local publishing houses. Titled “Nigerian Media and the Deletion of Local...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Enter for the 2019 Gerald Kraak Award
The 2019 Gerald Kraak Award is open for submissions. The deadline is 25 June 2018. Founded in 2016 by the Jacana Literary Foundation and The Other Foundation, in honour of the late activist Gerald...
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83 Wins the 2018 Peter Rosegger Literature Prize
Fiston Mwanza Mujila has won the 2018 Rosegger Literary Prize in Austria for his debut novel Tram 83. Mujila was shortlisted for the inaugural Brittle Paper Award for Poetry. Founded in 1951 in memory...
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Brittle Paper Partners With Okada Books on New Imprint Promising Delightful...
Okada Books and Brittle Paper are joining forces to bring fans of African storytelling a delightful reading experience. We are happy to announce a Brittle Paper imprint published exclusively on Okada...
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Opportunity for African Writers | Apply for the 2018 Miles Morland Writing...
The Miles Morland Writing Scholarships, the most prestigious end-of-the-year awards on the continent, are set to be open for submissions for 2018. An initiative of the Miles Morland Foundation, the...
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Fantastical Futures | Ake Festival 2018 Will Focus on a Re-Imagined Africa
The 2018 Ake Arts and Book Festival theme is “Fantastical Futures.” Previously held in Abeokuta, the 2018 event will be moved to Lagos. It will last from October 24 – 27. Founded in 2013 by Lola...
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Short Story Day Africa 2017/2018 Prize Goes to Nigeria’s Tochukwu Emmanuel...
The 2017/2018 Short Story Day Africa Prize has gone to Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor, for his short story “All Our Lives.” Okafor is the first male and first Nigerian to take home the prestigious prize,...
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Warsan Shire, Scheduled to Headline 2018 Africa Writes, Will Miss the...
Warsan Shire, scheduled to headline Africa Writes 2018, will miss the festival due to illness. Her event, “Warsan Shire in Conversation on Sunday 1 July,” has now been postponed to Monday 21 January...
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Apply for Mawazo Africa Writing Institute’s Writing the Novel Course
Mawazo Africa Writing Institute is accepting applications for its second annual “Writing the Novel” course. Mawazo Africa Writing Institute is a creative arts company based in Entebbe, Uganda “whose...
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Introducing Brittle Paper’s Short Story Day Africa Stories Review
Short Story Day Africa’s presence on the literary scene is revitalising. Founded in 2011, the organisation launched a themed competition in 2013 that has evolved, by its fifth year, into the leading...
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#ALitFest18 | Abuja Literary Society to Mark 20th Anniversary with Festival...
To mark its 20th anniversary, the Abuja Literary Society has announced the Abuja Literary and Arts Festival, dubbed #ALitFest18. Themed “Nigeria to the World,” the event will last for three days, from...
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Photos | The 2018 Dusty Manuscript Contest Banquet
The grand finale of the 2018 Dusty Manuscript Contest took place on the 13th of June at a banquet held at GT Bank’s Head Office in Victoria Island, Lagos. After months of sorting through and reviewing...
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#AfricaWrites2018 | Hello Londoners, No Excuse for Being Lonely This weekend
Hello Londoners, no excuse for being lonely this weekend—June 29 to July 1. Get your book totes and comfortable shoes ready because London is about to host its annual African literary extravaganza...
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