Category: Guinee
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Book Digest: Tierno Monénembo, Saara El-Arifi, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Tierno Monénembo, Saara El-Arifi, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, and Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti. The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura by Tierno Monénembo Publisher: Schaffner PressDate: March 4, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: English (Translated from French by Ryan Chamberlain)Where to find it: Schaffner Press Tierno Monénembo A winner of some…
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Aboubacar Dany Camaran wins Prix Du Livre Guinéen 2024
Aboubacar Dany Camaran won Prix Du Livre Guinéen 2024 in Conakry, Guinee on Monday, October 7, 2024. Sory Dansoko and Lamine Capi Kamara came second and third respectively. Prix Du Livre Guinéen (English: The Guinean Book Prize) was set up to give more visibility to Guinean authors and publishing houses in 2022. The first winners…
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Book Digest: Magogodi Dingalo, Kossi Efoui, Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Reem Gaafar
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Magogodi Dingalo, Kossi Efoui, Chukwuebuka Ibeh, and Reem Gaafar. Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Publisher: Masobe BooksDate: March 7, 2024Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Masobe Books Chukwuebuka Ibeh Chukwuebuka Ibeh is a writer from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, born…
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72 Heures du Livre 2024 for Conakry in April
72 Heures du Livre 2024 will be hosted in Conakry, Guinea from April 23 – 25, 2024. The festival theme is “Literature and Sports.” 72 Heures du Livre (English: 72 Hours of the Book) was founded by Sansy Kaba Diakite in Conakry, Guinea in 2009. It was a three-day occasion running from April 23 –…
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Prix Kourouma 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for Prix Kourouma 2024 featuring five writers was announced in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, February 5, 2024. Ahmadou Kourouma was a legendary Ivorian novelist of many titles including Les Soleils des indépendances (1968), Le diseur de verité (1972), and the most famous Allah n’est pas oblige (2000) which was translated to Allah Is…
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Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2022 finalists announced.
Edem Awumey, Yahia Belaskri, Driss Jaydane, Osvalde Lewat, and Tierno Monenembo are finalists of Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2022. The announcement was made on September 22, 2022. 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.…
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English PEN Translates Awards feature African writers.
Books by Agnès Agboton, Djamila Morani, Ibrahima Balde and Amets Arzallus Antia feature on the English PEN Translates awards announced on February 10, 2021. PEN Translates was launched, with support from Arts Council England, to encourage UK publishers to acquire more books from other languages in 2012. The award helps UK publishers to meet the…
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African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2019
Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2019. This list is regularly updated as and when information becomes available. 2018 was a very literary festival-filled year for Africa. East Africa had a variety of festivals including the Hargeysa International Book Fair, the…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist announced.
The Morland Writing Scholarships 2018 shortlist has been announced today with twenty writers from ten African countries in the running. The Morland Writing Scholarship is an annual award given to African writers to enable them to work on a manuscript over a year without worrying about an income. Writers awarded a fiction scholarship will each…
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Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist announced.
The Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist was been announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2018. The longlist of ten features writers from Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, and South Africa. The Writivism Short Story Prize celebrates writers from the African continent of prose from the last year. The prize which was born on the back…
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African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2018
Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners of the continent. Writers and readers met and interacted in many different venues in many types of environments. Some like Kaduna Book and Arts Festival and Mboka Festival were new…
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Tierno Monénembo wins Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017
Guinee’s Tierno Monénembo is the recipient of the Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017, the most prestigious award of the French Academy, for his body of work. The Grand Prix de la Francophonie, awarded by the International Foundation, was set up by the Canadian Government in 1986 to recognise “the work of a French-speaking physical…
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An evening of performances in honour of Camara Laye #WorldBookCapital
There was an evening in honour of Guinea author Camara Laye at the Franco Guinea Cultural Centre on April 24, 2017. The evenings’ performances were presented by Senegal who were the featured country at the World Book Capital. Camara Laye was one of the most well know African writers of the 20th Century having produced…
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Guinee minister of culture Barry Siaka speech (French) #WorldBooKCapital2017
Guinee minister of culture gave a rousing speech at the opening ceremony of the World Capital Book on April 23, 2017. Here is his speech in full. In French. Conakry World Book Capital 2017 Like all countries that hosted this prestigious event “World Book Capital”, our country Guinea, driven by the concern for the free…
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Legendary Guinee author Williams Sassine honoured with fancy play #WorldBookCapital2017
Guinee writer Williams Sassine was honoured with a play in his honour at World Book Capital 2017 in Guinee Conakry. The performances was staged at the Franco Guinee Cultural Centre on April 23rd. William Sassine was a Guinee novelist who wrote of marginalised characters and had to flee into exile away from Sekou Toure when…