Category: Cote D’Ivoire
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Maryse Conde, GauZ’ on International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist.
Maryse Conde and GauZ’ are on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2023 announced on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. Some of the previous…
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Maryse Conde, GauZ’ on International Booker Prize 2023 longlist.
Maryse Conde and GauZ’ are on the longlist for the International Booker Prize 2023 announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. Some of the previous…
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Six writers for Scotland, West Africa Residencies
Lagos International Poetry Festival and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre, have announced the 2023 recipients of its Cross-Cultural Residency Programme, Here and Now. The Lagos International Poetry Festival has brought poets, writers, and artists from across the world to Lagos for a week of performances, workshops, and conversations since 2015. Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre,…
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Sami Tchak wins Prix Ivoire for African Literature 2022
Sami Tchak was declared the winner of the Prix Ivoire for African Literature in French, the leading literary prize from Cote D’Ivoire, on October 14, 2022. The Prix Ivoire is an award created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association in 2008. Open to writers from Africa and its Diasporas, the winner gets a two…
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Book Digest: Gauz, Tomi Obaro, Chinelo Okparanta, Saleh Addonia
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Gauz, Tomi Obaro, Chinelo Okparanta, and Saleh Addonia. Cocoaïans by Gauz Publisher: L’ Arche EditionsPublication Date: August 19, 2022Genre: NonfictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Decitre, Amazon. Gauz Born in Abidjan, a biochemist by training, Gauz arrived in France…
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Tiburce Koffi wins Grand Prix National Bernard Dadié de Littérature 2022.
Tiburce Koffi was declared the winner of the Grand Prix National Bernard Dadié de Littérature 2022 in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on May 17, 2022. Salon international du livre d’Abidjan (International Book Fair of Abidjan) has been organised annually by the Association of Publishers of Ivory Coast for over a decade. In 2014, the fair introduced…
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Véronique Tadjo wins at L.A. Times Book Prizes 2022.
Véronique Tadjo’s In the Company of Men won in its category at the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2022 announced on April 22, 2022. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were founded in 1980 by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985. They are awarded annually in Best Biography, Best Current…
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Véronique Tadjo, Olivette Otele among L.A. Times Book Prizes 2022 finalists
The finalists for the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2022 were announced on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were founded in 1980 by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985. They are awarded annually in Best…
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Events: Nakuru Writers Meet, Virtually Yours, Shallow Tales Review, LOATAD cross continental reading
Events in African literature that you can attend this weekend featuring among others Oswalde Lewat, Nana Ekua Brew Hammond, Ayesha Harruna Attah, and Kola Tubosun. March 12 Event: Nana Ekua Brew Hammond and Ayesha Harruna Attah Cross Continental ReadingTime: 3pm GMT/4pm WAT/5pm CAT/6pm EATVenue: Library of Africa and African Diaspora/VirtualDetails: On poster. Register by clicking…
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Transition: Isaïe Biton Koulibaly, Wilbur Smith, Mahmoud El Lozy.
It has been a horrible last few days with the deaths of Isaïe Biton Koulibaly, Wilbur Smith, and Mahmoud El Lozy. Isaïe Biton Koulibaly Isaie Biton Koulibaly was a novelist and short story writer born on June 7, 1949 in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Koulibaly who was one of the most widely read authors in the…
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Blaise Ndala is Prix Ivoire 2021 winner.
Blaise Ndala’s novel Dans le venture du Congo was declared the winner of Prix Ivoire 2021 on October 20, 2021. The Prix Ivoire is a literary award open to writers from Africa and its Diasporas created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association, in 2008. It is sponsored by the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Culture,…
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Book Digest: Lea N’Guessan, Raymond Antrobus, Shamiso Chikoti, and Taban Lo Liyong.
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Lea N’Guessan, Raymond Antrobus, Shamiso Chikoti, and Taban Lo Liyong. La Secret d’Adjaratou by Lea N’Guessan Publisher: Vallesse Editions (Cote D’Ivoire)Publication Date: November 11, 2017Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Vallesse Editions Lea N’Guessan Lea N’Guessan is an…
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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Renee Edwige Dro for James Murua Literary LiveStream in September
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and Renee Edwige Dro are the guests of the James Murua Literary LiveStream on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 18:00 GMT/ 19:00 WAT/ 20:00 CAT/ 21:00 EAT. You can join the stream, brought to you in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office, on Facebook, YouTube,…
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Prix Ivoire for African Literature 2021 shortlist announced
The finalists for Prix Ivoire for African Literature in French, the leading literary prize from Cote D’Ivoire, were announced on Sunday, August 29, 2021 The Prix Ivoire is an award created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association in 2008. Open to writers from Africa and its Diasporas, the winner gets a two million CFA…
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Book Digest: Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Véronique Tadjo, Nana Nkweti, Kalynn Bayron
We wrap up book news for our readers in our Book Digest feature. Today our focus is books from Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Véronique Tadjo, Nana Nkweti, and Kalynn Bayron. Unbury our Dead With Song, Mukoma Wa Ngugi Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Publication Date: September 21, 2021 Genre: Literary fiction Language: English Where to find it:…