Category: Kiswahili
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Book Digest: Muthoni Muchemi, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Kemi Ashing-Giwa, Isis Asare
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Muthoni Muchemi, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Kemi Ashing-Giwa, and Isis Asare. Hadaa Na Hadithi Nyingine by Muthoni Muchemi Publisher: Storymoja PublishersGenre: Fiction Language: Kiswahili Where to find it: Storymoja Publishers Muthoni Muchemi Muthoni Muchemi has published over forty books for children. Muthoni is also a storyteller and…
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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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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize winners for Mombasa on August 16
The Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2024 winners will be hosted at a forum in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature celebrates writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language since 2015’s first winners. Founded by Dr Mukoma Wa Ngugi and Dr Lizzy Attree, it is supported…
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2024 winners announced
The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2024 winners were announced in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature celebrates writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language. It is supported by Safal Group, through its subsidiaries Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya and…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 shortlists announced
The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 shortlists were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili every two years. The awards, which have been running since 1972, are…
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Tuzo Nyerere 2024 winners announced in Dar es Salaam
Mohamed Omar Juma, Laura Pettie Kisswaka, and Blandina Isabela Lucas won in their categories in a ceremony at Tuzo Nyerere 2024 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday, April 13, 2024. President Julius Nyerere, Tanzania’s founding president from 1964–1985, was famous for writing numerous political texts like Ujamaa (1968) and Freedom and Socialism (1969). He…
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2023 winners announced
Fatuma Salim and Philipo Oyaro were announced winners of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature in Nairobi on Friday, February 9, 2024. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature celebrates writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language. It is supported by Safal Group, through its subsidiaries Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya…
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Tuzo Nyerere winners feted in Dar es Salaam
The winners of the inaugural literary prize Tuzo Nyerere were announced in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on April 13, 2023. Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano was guest of honour at the event. President Julius Nyerere, Tanzania’s founding president from 1964–1985, was famous for writing numerous political texts like Ujamaa (1968) and Freedom…
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2022 shortlist announced
The shortlisted manuscripts of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced today, Tuesday, January 10, 2022. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature, formerly the Mabati-Cornell Prize, recognises writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language. It is supported by Safal Group, through its subsidiaries Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya…
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Katama Mkangi’s Walenisi among PEN/Heim grant recipients 2023
Katama Mkangi’s Walenisi, to be translated by Richard Prins’, is among the PEN America literary grant recipients 2023 announced on November 16, 2022. PEN America’s Literary Translation Fund awards grants to promote the publication and reception of translated world literature in English. It is juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning writers, editors, translators, and critics…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 winners announced.
The winners of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 were announced at a ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, sponsored by Madison Group, celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili every two years.…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 have been revealed by the Kenya Publishers Association today, September 19, 2022. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili every two years. The awards, running since 1972,…
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Hekaya Arts Initiative Kiswahili Writing Competition Winners announced.
Florence Chanya Mwaita, Omar Kibulanga, and Elias B. Shelukindo are the winners of the Hekaya Arts Initiative Kiswahili Writing Competition, supported by Common Voice. The announcement was made on May 19, 2022. Hekaya Arts Initiative is a Mombasa, Kenya-based arts organisation that seeks to elevate literature from the Indian Ocean coast. Their most famous initiative…
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Swahili Literary Festival 2022 is set for Mombasa, Kilifi in March.
The Swahili Literary Festival 2022 is set to happen in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya from March 18-20, 2022. The festival theme is “Exploring language(s) and Boundaries.” The announcement was made on February 10, 2022. In March 2019, the Hekaya Initiative organised the Swahili Literary Festival in Mombasa. It featured panels covering issues of interest to…
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Nyabola Prize for Science and Speculative Fiction 2021 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Nyabola Prize for Science and Speculative Fiction in Kiswahili 2021 was announced today, November 17, 2021. The Nyabola Prize for Science and Speculative Fiction in Kiswahili was founded to recognise short fiction with the intention of promoting the vocabulary of science and technology in Kiswahili in 2021. Writers were encouraged to…