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Tawanda Mulalu is Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2023 winner.
Tawanda Mulalu’s poetry collection Please Make Me Pretty, I Don’t Want to Die: Poems was named the winner of the African Poetry Book Fund’s Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2023 on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei. Administered…
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Eric Chacour wins Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024
Eric Chacour won Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024 in Paris, France on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Khalid Lyamlahy was given a special mention. Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie (English: Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie) was established by the International Organization of the Francophonie in 2001. It is aimed…
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Soma Nami Books website under cyber attack
The website of leading Nairobi-based bookstore Soma Nami Books was a victim of a cyber attacker alleging antisemitism on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Soma Nami Books is a bookstore that focuses on Pan African and Feminist reads founded by Muthoni Muiruri and Wendy Njoroge in Nairobi, Kenya in 2021. It has quickly become one of…
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Tiya Miles, Safiya Sinclair on UK’s Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 shortlist
Tiya Miles and Safiya Sinclair are on the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 announced on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. The Women’s Prize founded in 1996 is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United Kingdom. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original…
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Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 was announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture. Eligible works include novels or short story…
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Obsidian’s “Black Listening” series showcases writers and poets
The new Obsidian Journal O| Sessions “Black Listening” series showcasing some of the best Black writers and poets is available for your listening pleasure. Obsidian publishes the “Obsidian Journal” twice a year at the Publications Unit at Illinois State University since the first edition in 1975. Cultivating Black, African, and African Diaspora creatives imagination, innovation,…
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Translations: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Blaise Ndala, Djaïli Amadou Amal, Lisette Lombe
Translations for books by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Blaise Ndala, Djaïli Amadou Amal, and Lisette Lombe are available for your reading pleasure. La Femme Premiere by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Book: La Femme PremiereOriginal Title: The First WomanAuthor: Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiTranslator: Céline SchwallerPublisher: Editions MétailiéPublishing Date: March 1, 2024Language: English to FrenchWhere to Find it: Editions Métailié…
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Kikwetu Flash Fiction Contest 2023 longlist announced
The longlist for the Kikwetu Flash Fiction Contest 2023 was announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Kikwetu is an online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili founded in 2015. In 2023, the journal unveiled a new contest for writers to send out their…
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A snapshot of the NYrobi Comic Fest 2024
The NYrobi Comic Fest 2024, the first in the series, run at the Alliance Française Nairobi from March 12 – 15, 2024. Earlier in March, Alliance Française Nairobi announced a new initiative called the NYrobi Comic Fest curated by Msanii Kimani Wa Wanjiru. Sharing a stage over four days of the festival were artists like…
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Dibakana Mankessi wins Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023
Dibakana Mankessi’s novel Psychanalyste de Brazzaville won the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 in Paris, France on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire is a literary prize presented every year by the Association of French Language Writers (ADELF) for a text in French from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the winners of…
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Jonathan Escoffery on Dublin International Literary Award 2024 shortlist
Jonathan Escoffery’s novel If I Survive You is on the shortlist of the Dublin International Literary Award 2024 announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by…
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Safiya Sinclair, Jonny Steinberg win at US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023
Safiya Sinclair and Jonny Steinberg won at the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023 in New York, USA on Thursday, March 21, 2024. The National Book Critics Circle celebrates the best books published in the past year in the United States since 1974. Finalists are nominated, evaluated, and selected by the 24-member board of directors…
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Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Caleb Azumah Nelson on Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 shortlist
Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Caleb Azumah Nelson are on the shortlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 announced on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of 39. The International Dylan Thomas…
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Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award 2023 shortlist announced
The five person shortlist for the Awele Creative Trust Award 2023 was announced on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The Awele Creative Trust is a non-profit organisation created to provide an enabling environment and platform for creative young persons founded by Chika Unigwe. Its annual prize the Awele Creative Trust Award rewards a short story of…