Writing Africa: Archiving African and Black Literature

Category: Criticism

  • Romeo Oriogun wins NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022.

    Romeo Oriogun wins NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022.

    Romeo Oriogun was revealed to be the winner of the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022 at a glittering ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday, October 14, 2022. The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored annually by oil firm NLNG, was started to honour Nigerian authors in the four genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s…

  • African American winners at US National Book Critics Circle Award 2020.

    African American winners at US National Book Critics Circle Award 2020.

    Nicole R. Fleetwood, francine j. harris, and Raven Leilani won in their categories at the US National Book Critics Circle Award 2020 announced on March 25, 2021. The US National Book Critics Circle honours outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature in the United States. Every year since 1974, they…