Category: Tanzania
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Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist, the second edition in the project, was announced on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Iskanchi Press, which has produced several literary magazine editions and numerous books, was founded in 2020. In 2024, they announced the Iskanchi Book Prize to bring to light the best new writing from the continent. Open…
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Zanzibar Book Fair 2025 schedule revealed
The schedule for the second edition of the Zanzibar Book Fair 2025, to be held from May 23 – 25, 2025, has been revealed. The Zanzibar Book Fair, a celebration of Zanzibari literature, was first hosted by the Zanzibar Renaissance Literary Society in 2023. It was a meeting place for local and global writers to…
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Tuzo Nyerere 2025 winners announced
Tuzo Nyerere 2025 winners were announced in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Monday, April 14, 2025. Tuzo ya Taifa ya Mwalimu Nyerere ya Uandishi Bunifu (English: Mwalimu Nyerere National Award for Creative Writing) or simply Tuzo Nyerere (The Nyerere Prize) is a national literary award that recognizes and supports creative writing in…
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Zanzibar Book Fair 2025 starts May 23
The second edition of the Zanzibar Book Fair 2025 will be hosted in the East African nation from May 23 – 25, 2025. The Zanzibar Book Fair, a celebration of Zanzibari literature, was first hosted by the Zanzibar Renaissance Literary Society in 2023. It was a meeting place for local and global writers to exchange…
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Book Digest: Abdulrazak Gurnah, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, Kennedy Ryan, Tracy Deonn
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Abdulrazak Gurnah, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, Kennedy Ryan, and Tracy Deonn. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah Publisher: Random HouseDate: March 18, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah is the 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the…
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Book Digest: Eugen Bacon, Melanie Raabe, Monique Roffey, David Mandessi Diop
In our regular Book Digest segment, we wrap up book news for our readers with books from Eugen Bacon, Melanie Raabe, Monique Roffey, and David Mandessi Diop. A Place Between Waking and Forgetting by Eugen BaconPublisher: Raw Dog Screaming PressDate: September 19, 2024Genre: Fiction, short storiesLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Raw Dog Screaming Press Eugen…
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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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Iskanchi Book Prize 2024 Shortlist announced
The shortlist for the inaugural Iskanchi Book Prize, a manuscript prize open to African writers, was announced on Monday, May 6, 2024. Iskanchi Press and Magazine, founded by publisher, journalist, and writer Kenechi Uzor in 2020, has produced several magazine editions of their magazine as well as numerous titles. The platform announced a new initiative…
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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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Translations: Anni Domingo, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Makenzy Orcel, Shingai Njeri Kigunda
Translations for books by Anni Domingo, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Makenzy Orcel, and Shingai Njeri Kigunda are available for your reading pleasure. Book: The EmperorOriginal Title: L’EmpereurAuthor: Makenzy OrcelTranslator: Nathan H. Dize.Publisher: Seagull BooksPublishing Date: May 2024Language: French to EnglishWhere to Find it: Click here. Having committed the irreparable, a man waits in his room for someone…
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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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Book Digest: Anna Samwel Manyanza, Donna Hemans, Lauren Beukes, Safia Elhillo
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Anna Samwel Manyanza, Donna Hemans, Lauren Beukes, and Safia Elhillo. Faradhi Ya Moyo by Anna Samwel Manyanza Publisher: Mkuki Na NyotaDate: February 1, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: KiswahiliWhere to find it: African Books Collective, TPHBookshops, Mkuki Na Nyota Anna Samwel…
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2023 shortlist announced
The shortlisted manuscripts of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced today, Monday, January 15, 2024. The Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognises writing in poetry and prose in the Kiswahili language. It is supported by Safal Group, through its subsidiaries Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya, ALAF Tanzania, the Africana…
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Inaugural Zanzibar Book Fair kicks off on October 20
The first Zanzibar Book Fair, with Nobel Laureate Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah as headliner, will be hosted in Tanzania from October 20 – 22, 2023. The Zanzibar Book Fair, organised by the Zanzibar Renaissance Literary Society, is the newest literary extravaganza in East Africa. It will be a celebration of Zanzibari literature setting a meeting place…
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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…