Category: Events
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Wangari The Storyteller Announces “Hadithi on the Move Tour 2026”
Storyteller Wangari The Storyteller (real name Grace Wangari) will mark her 20th anniversary in 2026 with the “Hadithi on the Move Tour,” a storytelling journey across 20 counties in Kenya. Since beginning her career as an actor in 2006, Wangari has become a leading figure in performance storytelling, known for creating intimate, dynamic shows that…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor hosted to Lagos events
Award-winning novelist and short story writer Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was hosted to a series of events in Lagos at the tail end of September 2025. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is not a new name to those who read our reporting here at Writing Africa. The Kenyan novelist, the author of the novels Dust (2013) and The…
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize winners hosted in Mombasa
The Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize winners were hosted to a reading at the Alliance Française in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature has celebrated writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language since the first winners were announced in 2015. Founded by Dr Mukoma Wa Ngugi…
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Poetry anthology celebrating iconic Ugandan women launches
Feeling, a poetry anthology celebrating iconic Ugandan women, launched in Kampala on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Tanya Mugidde gives us this report. All photos are by Painters’ Media. How does anyone begin to describe this day that was filled with such creative energy and poetic excellence? I was so honoured to be invited as a…
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David Maillu’s After 430 launches in Nairobi
David Maillu’s 1974 book After 430 was reintroduced to the Kenyan public with a series of events in Nairobi on June 28 and July 4, 2025. Mvua Press introduced the novel The NaiRoberry Cocktail by Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki in an afternoon event in December 2024, which incorporated elements we rarely see in Kenyan writing, like live…
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UNESCO’s African Book Industry report launches in Paris
The African Book Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth, a report commissioned by UNESCO, was launched in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The African Book Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth‘ is the first-ever comprehensive mapping of Africa’s book industry, revealing a sector brimming with untapped potential. The new report, commissioned…
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David Maillu’s “After 4:30” to make June 28 return
David Maillu’s legendary book After 4:30 will be reintroduced to the world with an event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Kenyan writer and publisher David Maillu’s 1974 book After 4:30 unravels the problems of urban housewives, office secretaries, and sex workers. Told in African traditional poetic or song-style, provocative and bluntly-critical it…
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Pfumo Collective cohort for Accra event on June 21
The first Pfumo Collective cohort will be hosted at a special event in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. In January, the Pfumo Collective, led by legendary publisher Ellah Wakatama, was unveiled to spearhead access to the mentorship and editorial support that more established literary economies afford nonfiction space in Africa. Their first action…
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Zukiswa Wanner’s Brazilian tour starts June 14
Author, editor, and publisher Zukiswa Wanner will make her first visit to South America with a tour of Brazil starting on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Zukiswa Wanner is the author of the novels The Madams (2006), Behind Every Successful Man (2008), Men of the South (2010), London Cape Town Joburg (2014), and Love Marry Kill…
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Iris Mwanza for Lagos on June 21
Iris Mwanza will present her debut novel, The Lion’s Den, in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American international lawyer, gender equality advocate, and a rising literary voice. With degrees from Cornell and Johns Hopkins, her career spans global institutions like the World Bank and the Gates Foundation. Her debut…
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The Shallow Tales Review Literary Reading for March 15
The Shallow Tales Review is hosting its fifth literary reading with eighteen African writers on Saturday, March 15, 2025 Reading Shallow Tales is a literary reading that brings together African writers in one space to read from their books. The virtual event, organised by our good friends at The Shallow Tales Review, allows up-and-coming writers…
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Kinyanjui Kombani’s “Last Villains of Molo” twentieth anniversary
Kinyanjui Kombani is celebrating 20 years since the publication of his debut novel, The Last Villains of Molo, with a series of events, starting with a Twitter/X space on Friday, February 21, 2025. In 2005, Kenyatta University graduate Kinyanjui Kombani published his debut novel The Last Villains of Molo. It followed characters caught up in…
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Njeri Wangari launches new book for children
Njeri Wangari’s new book for children My Colouring Book of Rhymes launched in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, February 8, 2025. Njeri Wangari first came to our attention when she was dazzling with her poetry stages at the monthly Kwani Open Mic in the mid-2000s. She was also an archivist of the era giving news and…
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Will This Be a Problem Anthology launches in Nairobi
The fifth edition of the Will This Be a Problem Anthology was launched in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, January 31, 2025. Will This Be a Problem is a literary journal dedicated to publishing speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, essays, and book reviews since it was established in 2014. They amplify voices from African writers…
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Kenyan comics anthology launches in Nairobi.
The new Kenyan comics anthology launched at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. There has been a huge growth in comics in Nairobi as more people have gotten into the business in the last few years. The breadth of the scene was shown when the Nyrobi Comic Fest showcased some of the…