Category: DR Congo
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Book Digest: Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, King Kufulula, Olayinka Adekola
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, Olayinka Adekola, and King Kufulula. The Search for Othella Savage by Foday Mannah Publisher: Quercus BooksDate: May 22, 2025Genre: Fiction, mysteryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Quercus Books Foday Mannah Born in London, Foday Mannah spent his formative years in Sierra Leone before…
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Book Digest: Diana Evans, Do Nsoseme, Xolisa Guzula, Lauren Francis-Sharma
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Athambile Masola, Do Nsoseme, Xolisa Guzula, Diana Evans, and Lauren Francis-Sharma. Ngambo Ya Congo by Do Nsoseme Publisher: Editions MesdamesDate: January 23, 2025Genre: PoetryLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Editions Mesdames Do Nsoseme Do Nsoseme is a Congolese spoken word artist, poet, and photographer, born in 1994…
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Book Digest: Kona Mutombo, Tobi Ogundiran, Natalya Din-Kariuki, Julie Iromuanya
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Kona Mutombo, Tobi Ogundiran, Natalya Din-Kariuki, and Julie Iromuanya. At the Fount of Creation by Tobi Ogundiran Publisher: TordotcomDate: January 28, 2025Genre: Fiction, Speculative FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Macmillan Tobi Ogundiran Tobi Ogundiran is the award winning author of the Guardian of the Gods duology…
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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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Hananie Nsenda wins Prix Zamenga 2024 in Kinshasa.
Hananie Nsenda was declared the winner of Prix Zamenga 2024 at a ceremony in Kinshasa, DR Congo on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Prix Zamenga, named after Congolese writer and philanthropist Zamenga Batukezanga, is a literary competition open to Congolese writers under 40 living in the DRC or abroad. Those who enter the prize, organized by…
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Grande Rentrée Littéraire de Kinshasa 2024 starts September 12
Grande Rentrée Littéraire de Kinshasa 2024 will be hosted in DR Congo’s capital from September 12 – 14, 2024. The event theme will be “Women and Peace.” Rentrée Littéraire is a practice adopted by French publishers, characterised by many new book releases (all styles and genres mixed). It takes place every year between late August…
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Festival Buku Kinshasa 2024 for June
Festival Buku Kinshasa 2024 will run for the second time and will be hosted in Kinshasa, DR Congo from June 28 – 30, 2024. The dates were moved from 7 – 9. Festival Buku Kinshasa was initiated by Congolese publishers, distributors, and booksellers with the support of numerous associations passionate about literature, and hosted in…
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Book Digest: Olumide Popoola, Albert Kokolomami, Dorcy Rugamba, Sarah Dass
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Olumide Popoola, Albert Kokolomami, Dorcy Rugamba, and Sarah Dass. Like Water Like Sea by Olumide Popoola Publisher: Cassava Republic PressDate: May 9, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Olumide Popoola Olumide Popoola is a London-based Nigerian German writer…
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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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Translations: Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Maaza Mengiste, Scholastique Mukasonga, Fred Khumalo
Translations of books by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Maaza Mengiste, Scholastique Mukasonga, and Fred Khumalo are available for your reading pleasure. Book: The Villain’s DanceOriginal Title: Author: Fiston Mwanza MujilaTranslator: Roland GlasserPublisher: Deep Vellum PublishingPublishing Date: March 12, 2024Language: French to EnglishWhere to Find it: Deep Vellum Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of…
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Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 were announced on Monday, February 19, 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 the prize first won by Aké…
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Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2024 to kick off on February 17
Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2024 is set to be hosted in the capital of DR Congo from February 17 – 24, 2023. The festival theme is “Women at Work.” Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa, which English speakers would translate to the Kinshasa Book Fair, has happened in the capital of one of the richest…
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La Grande Rentree for Kinshasa on September 15
La Grande Rentrée Littéraire De Kinshasa 2021 is set to run in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo from September 15 – 17, 2023. Rentrée Littéraire is a practice adopted by French publishers, characterised by a large number of new book releases (all styles and genres mixed together) and takes place every year between late August and early…
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Prix Makomi 2023 winners announced in Kinshasa.
The winners of Prix Makomi 2023 were announced at a ceremony in Kinshasa, DR Congo on Saturday, February 5, 2023. The Prix Littéraire Makomi is a manuscript prize created by the Pôle Eunic-RDC in order to promote the Congolese literary sector and to bring out new talents in 2017. It is organized annually as part…
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Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2023 to kick off on February 4
Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2023, the festival hosted annually in DR Congo, will this year run from February 4-11, 2023. Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa, which English speakers would translate to the Kinshasa Book Fair, has happened in the capital of one of the richest countries on the continent since 2013. It is…