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The 2019 Gerald Kraak Prize Goes to Nigeria’s OluTimehin Adegbeye
The 2019 Gerald Kraak Prize has been awarded to Nigeria’s OluTimehin Adegbeye, for her nonfiction piece, “Mothers and Men,” described by the judges as “a sensitive memoir casting new light on...
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EVENT | Jalada 07: After+Life Anthology Launch & Binyavanga Memorial at...
Jalada Africa will be launching its newest anthology, Jalada 07: After+Life, on Friday, 31 May, at Mc Millan Memorial Library, Nairobi. Jalada 07: After+Life is “a series of reflections that bear...
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Writivism Announces 2019 Shortlists for Short Story Prize and Kofi Addo Prize...
Writivism has announced the 2019 Shortlists for the Writivism Short Story Prize and the Kofi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction, featuring five writers from Nigeria and South Africa, with one...
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Chibụìhè Achịmbà’s Poetry Chapbook, hallowed, Now Available from Damaged...
Chibụìhè Achịmbà’s poetry chapbook, hallowed, is now available. Published by Damaged Goods Press, the 30-page work, which is not described on the website, comes with blurbs by Romeo Oriogun, author of...
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What Is Happening in African Literature Today? | Attend Goethe-Institut &...
Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Wawa Book Review have partnered for two literary events in Lagos, both to be held at Angels & Muse, Ikoyi. The first, to take place on Wednesday, 29 May, and Thursday,...
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Ikhide Ikheloa and Anthony Omokhodion Have Paid the N100,000 Owed 18-Year-Old...
The Nigerian social critic Ikhide R. Ikheloa and the legal professional Anthony Omokhodion have paid the N100,000 owed 18-year-old secondary school student Ernest O. Ògúnyemí by the Association of...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Wins the 2019 Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace Prize, for His...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been awarded the 2019 Erich-Maria-Remarque Peace Prize, worth €25,000, “chiefly with regard to his enlightening anti-colonialist topics, his reference to traditional African...
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The Cheeky Natives’ Busy Weekend: Photos from Sisonke Msimang’s Book Launch,...
For our colleagues at The Cheeky Natives, the past weekend was a busy, fun-filled one in Johannesburg. The dynamic duo behind the exciting South African literary podcast—Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane, who...
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Somalia’s Jamila Osman & Egypt’s Nadra Mabrouk Co-Win the 2019 Brunel...
Somalia’s Jamila Osman and Egypt’s Nadra Mabrouk have been named joint winners of the 2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, from a shortlist of ten poets. Mabrouk is the first Egyptian to...
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Nigerian Writers Remember the Biafran War
Every May 30, Nigerians remember the Biafran War, the 30-month conflict between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra, which lasted from 1967 to 1970 and left millions...
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Koleka Putuma’s Collective Amnesia Wins the Glenna Luschei Prize for African...
The South African Koleka Putuma has won the 2018/19 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, for her breakout book Collective Amnesia (uHlanga Press, 2017), chosen from a shortlist that included the...
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The Nalubaale Review Calls for Submissions for Its Travel Issue
The Uganda-based magazine The Nalubaale Review is calling for submissions—short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction—for its Travel issue. The deadline for submission is 15 June 2019. In an email to...
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Zambia’s Kalemba Short Story Prize Announces 2019 Shortlist
The Kalemba Short Story Prize has announced its 2019 shortlist, comprising six writers, including Mubanga Kalimamukwento, author of the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award winning novel The Mourning Bird....
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The Gerald Kraak Prize Anthology Vol. II, As You Like It, Wins the 2019...
As You Like It, the anthology comprising shortlisted entries for the second Gerald Kraak Prize, has won the 2019 Lambda Award for Best Fiction Anthology. The announcement was made last night at the...
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Landa Mabenge’s Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph Is a Heartbreaking,...
Landa Mabenge‘s debut memoir Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph details his journey from being born in the body of a girl, the difficulties he experienced as a child, to his embrace of his...
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Titilope Sonuga’s This Is How We Disappear, Inspired by the Chibok Girls and...
The Nigerian poet-actress Titilope Sonuga‘s third collection of poetry This Is How We Disappear, which explores the literal and metaphoric disappearance of women, is inspired by the Chibok Girls: the...
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Pius Adesanmi’s Family Sues The Boeing Company
The family of the late Pius Adesanmi has filed a lawsuit against The Boeing Company, the Chicago-based manufacturer of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, one of which crashed in the service of Ethiopian...
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Dalia Elhassan and Safia Elhillo Sold Signed Copies of Their Poetry Books to...
The poets Dalia Elhassan and Safia Elhillo sold copies of their poetry collections for $20 each and donated the proceeds to the revolutionary efforts and emergency medical aid in the ongoing...
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Panashe Chigumadzi’s Book & Essay Tour Dates for Germany & the Netherlands
Panashe Chigumadzi has announced the dates for her book and essay tour in Germany and the Netherlands. The Zimbabwean-South African author of These Bones Will Rise Again (The Indigo Press, 2018), an...
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Photos from Bakwa Reading Series No. 3 in Yaounde, with Billy Kahora, Edwige...
The Bakwa Reading Series, organised by Bakwa Magazine editor Dzekashu MacViban, is a public event featuring writers, translators and editors, aimed at connecting them to local communities in different...
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