Category: Audiobooks
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Audie Awards 2025 winners announced.
The Audie Awards 2025 winners were announced in New York, USA on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent who won in their categories. The Audie Awards have been awarded annually by the American Audio Publishers Association for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment since 1996. The awards are given to types of…
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eKitabu audiobooks launch in Nairobi
Goretti Kyomuhendo, Lesalon Kasaine, Ciku Kimani, and Scola Moraa launched audiobook versions of their novels at the Alliance Française, Nairobi on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Since 2012, eKitabu has done valuable work to increase accessibility and lower the cost of content for quality education in Kenya. For their efforts, they were feted at the Accessible…
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British Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the British Book Awards 2024 were announced on Friday, March 8, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent in the running. The British Book Awards or Nibbies have undergone two name changes and ownerships since it was founded by Fred Newman in 1990. It has been owned by Agile Marketing, who…
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Audie Awards 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for the Audie Awards 2023 were announced on Thursday, February 23, 2023. Here are the writers of African descent who made the cut. The Audie Awards have been awarded annually by the American Audio Publishers Association for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment since 1996. Some of the awards given relate to types of writing,…
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Koleka Putuma announces poetry collection “Collective Amnesia” as an audiobook.
Koleka Putuma announced that her debut poetry collection Collective Amnesia will be available as an audiobook from October 7 on September 30, 2020. Koleka Putuma is an award-winning poet of the bestselling debut poetry collection Collective Amnesia (2017). The collection awarded the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry was also designated the 2017 book of…