Category: Mozambique

  • Conferência O Livro Em Moçambique Cadeia De Valores

    Conferência O Livro Em Moçambique Cadeia De Valores

    Conferência O Livro Em Moçambique Cadeia De Valores will be held in Maputo, Mozambique from February 12 – 13, 2025. The Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano (English: Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center) will be hosting Conferência O Livro Em Moçambique Cadeia De Valores (English: The Book in Mozambique – Value Chain Conference) starting today. It will look not just…

  • Ethale Publishing wins Prémio Nacional das Indústrias Culturais e Criativas 2024

    Ethale Publishing wins Prémio Nacional das Indústrias Culturais e Criativas 2024

    Ethale Publishing who won at the Prémio Nacional das Indústrias Culturais e Criativas 2024 in December has made a call out for support. Prémio Nacional das Indústrias Culturais e Criativas (English: Cultural and Creative Industries Award) has been awarded by the Mozambican Ministry of Culture and Tourism since 2023. The honours are given in music,…

  • Premio Oceanos 2024 finalists announced

    Premio Oceanos 2024 finalists announced

    The finalists of Premio Oceanos 2024 were announced in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian writers was eligible for…

  • Feira do Livro de Maputo 2024 to run despite unrest

    Feira do Livro de Maputo 2024 to run despite unrest

    Despite the political unrest in Mozambique, Feira do Livro de Maputo 2024 is scheduled for Maputo from October 24 – 26, 2024. Mozambique is currently dealing with heightened political tensions as a result of a presidential election European Union observers say has doctored voting results. In the middle of the political mayhem, the legal adviser…

  • Premio Oceanos 2024 longlist announced

    Premio Oceanos 2024 longlist announced

    Angolan, Brazilian, Mozambican, and Cape Verdean writers feature on the longlists for Premio Oceanos 2024 announced on Friday, August 23, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian…

  • Adelino Albano Luís wins Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024

    Adelino Albano Luís wins Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024

    Adelino Albano Luís won Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024 in Beira, Mozambique on Thursday, August 15, 2024. Prémio Literário Mia Couto (English: Mia Couto Literary Prize) was set up in honour of Beira’s foremost literary export, Mozambique author Mia Couto. Couto has written numerous books which gave him awards like the Camões Prize in 2013,…

  • Mia Couto, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida win Associação Portuguesa de Escritores 2024 awards

    Mia Couto, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida win Associação Portuguesa de Escritores 2024 awards

    Mia Couto and Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida won in their categories at Associação Portuguesa de Escritores Awards 2024 on July 16, 2024. Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (English: Portuguese Writers Association) was formed in 1970. Among its flagship activities are the annual literary awards for the best writing in different categories. They include the Grande Prémio…

  • Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024 finalists announced.

    Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024 finalists announced.

    The finalists for Prémio Literário Mia Couto 2024 finalists were announced on Monday, July 15, 2024. Prémio Literário Mia Couto (English: Mia Couto Literary Prize) was set up in honour of Beira’s foremost literary export, Mozambique author Mia Couto. Couto has written numerous books which gave him awards like the Camões Prize in 2013, the…

  • Francisco Panguana Junior wins Prémio Literário Fernando Leite Couto 2024

    Francisco Panguana Junior wins Prémio Literário Fernando Leite Couto 2024

    Francisco Panguana Junior’s novel Os peregrinos da ajuda won Prémio Literário Fernando Leite Couto 2024 in Maputo on Friday, July 12, 2024. Fernando Leite Couto was a Mozambican journalist, writer, poet, and translator. Prémio Literário Fernando Leite Couto (English: The Fernando Leite Couto Literary Prize) was founded in his honour by the Mia Couto led…

  • Alfoi Renato Bernardo Firme wins Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2024

    Alfoi Renato Bernardo Firme wins Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2024

    Alfoi Renato Bernardo Firme was declared the winner of Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2024 in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The Carlos Morgado Foundation has been running initiatives in health, education, sports, and other areas of sustainable development in honour of the late Mozambican freedom fighter, entrepreneur, and politician Carlos Morgado. The latest…

  • Book Digest: Pam Williams, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Colson Whitehead, Armindo António

    Book Digest: Pam Williams, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Colson Whitehead, Armindo António

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Pam Williams, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Colson Whitehead, and Armindo António. A Trace of Sun Book by Pam Williams Publisher:  Legend PressDate:  March 1, 2024Genre:  FictionLanguage:  EnglishWhere to find it:  Legend Press, Pam Williams Pam Williams studied fashion at London’s…

  • Book Digest: Ishi Robinson, João Melo, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Iris Mwanza

    Book Digest: Ishi Robinson, João Melo, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Iris Mwanza

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Ishi Robinson, João Melo, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and Iris Mwanza. Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson Publisher:  HarperDate:  April 23, 2024Genre:  FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it:  Harper Ishi Robinson Ishi Robinson is a Jamaican writer living in…

  • Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2024 semi-finalists announced.

    Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2024 semi-finalists announced.

    The semi-finalists for Mozambique’s Prémio Literário Carlos Morgado 2023 were announced in Maputo on Friday, May 31, 2024. Carlos Morgado was born in Tete City, Mozambique on July 9, 1946, and lived a full life starting with the independence struggle of the Southern African country. After independence, he played roles in the airline industry and…

  • Book Digest: Niq Mhlongo, Yandé Seck, Mélio Tinga, Kennedy Ryan

    Book Digest: Niq Mhlongo, Yandé Seck, Mélio Tinga, Kennedy Ryan

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Niq Mhlongo, Yandé Seck, Mélio Tinga, and Kennedy Ryan. Weiße Wolken By Yandé Seck Publisher:  Kiepenheuer & WitschDate:  February 8, 2024Genre:  FictionLanguage: GermanWhere to find it:  Kiepenheuer & Witsch Yandé Seck Yandé Seck was born in Heidelberg in…

  • Book Digest: Zeinab Badawi, Dieudonné Niangouna, Eduardo Quive, Ibiso Graham-Douglas

    Book Digest: Zeinab Badawi, Dieudonné Niangouna, Eduardo Quive, Ibiso Graham-Douglas

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Zeinab Badawi, Dieudonné Niangouna, Eduardo Quive, and Ibiso Graham-Douglas. Covik One Nine edited by Ibiso Graham-Douglas Publisher:  Paperworth BooksDate:  April 24, 2024Genre:  Anthology, FictionLanguage:  EnglishWhere to find it:  Paperworth Books Ibiso Graham-Douglas Ibiso Graham-Douglas is an international publishing…