Category: Cameroon
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Island Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2025 longlist was made public on Monday, March 24, 2025. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA), and Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It aims to give writers from Africa (or the diaspora)…
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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist was announced on Friday, March 28, 2025. Afritondo, a platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations worldwide, is the organisation behind the Afritondo Short Story Prize. Previous winners of the award, which celebrates the best short story writing by…
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Hemley Boum wins Le Grand Prix Afrique 2025
Hemley Boum was declared Le Grand Prix Afrique 2025 winner in Paris, France on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Le Grand Prix Afrique, formerly Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire, is a literary prize presented annually by the Association of French Language Writers (ADELF) for a text in French from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the winners first…
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Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2025 finalists announced
The Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2025 finalists were announced on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. 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. Worth €15,000, it is aimed at highlighting literary talents reflecting the expression of…
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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025 nominees announced
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025 nominees were announced in Sweden on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Here are the writers, illustrators, storytellers, reading promoters, and organisations of African descent in the running. Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays best known for several children’s book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga,…
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Hemley Boum wins Prix Louis Guilloux 2024
Hemley Boum’s novel Le rêve du pêcheur won Prix Louis-Guilloux 2024 on Friday, October 4, 2024 Louis Guilloux was a French writer known for his novels describing working-class life and political struggles in the mid-twentieth century. The legendary writer passed away in 1980 and three years later the Conseil Général of the Côtes-d’Armor, his hometown,…
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Hemley Boum, Ruben Barrouk win at Livres En Vignes 2024
Hemley Boum and Ruben Barroukwon in their categories at Livres En Vignes 2024 on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Livres en Vignes (Books in Vines), is the first book festival dedicated to general literature and that of wine, vines, and the art of living in the heart of the Burgundy vineyards, France. It brings together authors,…
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African Writers Awards 2024 shortlists announced.
The African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature shortlists were announced on September 23, 2024. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to celebrate the best-emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have been Manu Herbstein, Maryhilda Ibe, Chiamaka Onu-Okpara,…
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English PEN Translates 2024 winners announced
Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin, Osvalde Lewat, and Shady Lewis are among the PEN Translates winners announced on Sunday, July 14, 2024. PEN Translates, with support from Arts Council England, has encouraged UK publishers to acquire more books from other languages since 2012. The award helps UK publishers to meet the costs of translating new works…
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Hemley Boum wins Prix littéraire des Sciences Po 2024.
Hemley Boum’s novel Le rêve du pêcheur won Prix littéraire des Sciences Po 2024 on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Sciences Po is France’s leading university for the social sciences offering degrees at the undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph. D. levels. This year, the university’s alumni association inaugurated Prix littéraire des Sciences Po (English: Sciences Po Literary…
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Hemley Boum is Prix Louis-Guilloux 2024 finalist
Hemley Boum’s novel Le rêve du pêcheur was declared a Prix Louis-Guilloux 2024 finalist on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Louis Guilloux was a French writer known for his novels describing working-class life and political struggles in the mid-twentieth century. The legendary writer passed away in 1980 and three years later the Conseil Général of the…
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Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique 2024 finalists announced
The finalists of Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique 2024 were announced on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique (Orange Book Prize in Africa) was set up to reward a fiction text written in French by an African writer from a publishing house based on the continent in 2018. It is…
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Book Digest: Namina Forna, Christina Cooke, Mazi Nwonwu, Achille Mbembe
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Namina Forna, Christina Cooke, Mazi Nwonwu, and Achille Mbembe. The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna Publisher: Delacorte PressDate: February 13, 2024Genre: Fiction, Young AdultLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random House Namina Forna Namina Forna is the New…
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African Festival of Emerging Writers 2024 starts February 7
The African Festival of Emerging Writers 2024 runs in Yaoundé and Bafia, Cameroon from February 7 – 9, 2024. The festival theme is “Paths of Freedom.” Clijec Mag is a literary magazine devoted to the analysis and exploration of the African literary landscape founded in 2015. The organisation started hosting the African Festival of Emerging…
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Book Digest: Hemley Boum, Fiona Williams, Blessing Musariri, Femi Kayode
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Hemley Boum, Fiona Williams, Blessing Musariri, and Femi Kayode. All That It Ever Meant by Blessing Musariri Publisher: Norton Young ReadersDate: January 3, 2023Genre: Young AdultLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Norton Blessing Musariri Blessing Musariri is an award-winning…