Category: Rwanda
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African Writers Awards 2024 shortlists announced.
The African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature shortlists were announced on September 23, 2024. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to celebrate the best-emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have been Manu Herbstein, Maryhilda Ibe, Chiamaka Onu-Okpara,…
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Prix Renaudot 2024 Premiere Selection announced
The first selection for Prix Renaudot 2024 was announced on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. Prix Renaudot is a French literary prize awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel published during the previous year. It was created by ten art critics awaiting the results…
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Book Digest: Edwidge Danticat, Gaël Faye, Foluso Agbaje, Billy Kahora
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Edwidge Danticat, Gaël Faye, Foluso Agbaje, and Billy Kahora. We’re Alone by Edwidge Danticat Publisher: Graywolf PressDate: September 3, 2024Genre: Nonfiction, EssaysLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Graywolf Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including…
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Book Digest: Djaïli Amadou Amal, Ahmed Naji, Charles Siboto
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Ahmed Naji, Charles Siboto, and Djaïli Amadou Amal. Egypt + 100 Stories from a Century after Tahrir Edited by Ahmed Naji Publisher: Comma PressDate: July 25, 2025Genre: Fiction, AnthologyLanguage: English (Translation from Arabic)Where to find it: Comma Press…
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Scholastique Mukasonga wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024
Scholastique Mukasonga’s novel Kibogo won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 in Oxford, UK on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is awarded to book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. Worth £2000, it aims to honour the translation craft and recognise its cultural importance. It was founded by Lord Weidenfeld and…
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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse wins Prix France Televisions 2024
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s memoir Le Convoi won at the Prix France Televisions 2024 in Paris, France on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, Prix France Televisions is an annual literary award rewarding authors of works published in French in recent literary news in both fiction and nonfiction since 1995. Previous winners have included Nathacha Appanah, Ali Zamir,…
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Percival Everett, Scholastique Mukasonga on Internationaler Literaturpreis 2024 shortlist
Percival Everett and Scholastique Mukasonga are on the shortlist for Germany’s Internationaler Literaturpreis 2024 announced on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Internationaler Literaturpreis (English: International Literature Award) is a German literary award for international prose translated into German for the first time. It has been awarded annually by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the…
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Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 was announced on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. It aims to honour the translation craft and recognise its cultural importance. It was founded by Lord Weidenfeld and is supported by New College, The…
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Book Digest: Olumide Popoola, Albert Kokolomami, Dorcy Rugamba, Sarah Dass
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Olumide Popoola, Albert Kokolomami, Dorcy Rugamba, and Sarah Dass. Like Water Like Sea by Olumide Popoola Publisher: Cassava Republic PressDate: May 9, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Olumide Popoola Olumide Popoola is a London-based Nigerian German writer…
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Book Digest: Scholastique Mukasonga, Scholar V Akinyi, Nkateko Masinga, Michael Donkor
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Scholastique Mukasonga, Scholar V Akinyi, Nkateko Masinga, and Michael Donkor. Grow Where They Fall by Michael Donkor Publisher: PenguinDate: March 7, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Michael Donkor Michael Donkor was born in London to Ghanaian…
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Translations: Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Maaza Mengiste, Scholastique Mukasonga, Fred Khumalo
Translations of books by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Maaza Mengiste, Scholastique Mukasonga, and Fred Khumalo are available for your reading pleasure. Book: The Villain’s DanceOriginal Title: Author: Fiston Mwanza MujilaTranslator: Roland GlasserPublisher: Deep Vellum PublishingPublishing Date: March 12, 2024Language: French to EnglishWhere to Find it: Deep Vellum Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of…
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Book Digest: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Maurice Ruffin, Shubnum Khan, Pelu Awofeso
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Maurice Ruffin, Shubnum Khan, and Pelu Awofeso. Culbuter Le Malheur by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse Publisher: Mémoire d’encrierDate: February 5, 2024Genre: Nonfiction, MemoirLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Mémoire d’encrier; Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was…
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Rencontres Internationales du Livre Francophone du Rwanda 2024
Rencontres Internationales du Livre Francophone du Rwanda 2024 runs for its third edition in Kigali from March 6 – 9, 2024. The Rencontres Internationales du Livre Francophone du Rwanda (English: Rwanda International Francophone Book Meetings) brings together writers, artists and book and publishing professionals, as well as school audiences and the general public. The festival…
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LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2024 fellows announced
The fellows of the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2024 were announced in Accra, Ghana on Monday, January 29, 2024. The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a private library, archive, writing residency, and museum dedicated to the work of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century to the present day.…
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Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024 finalists announced.
The finalists for Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024 were announced on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. 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. It is aimed at highlighting literary talents reflecting the expression of cultural…