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WritingAfrica.com started on April 24, 2013, when its founder James Murua registered the blog JamesMurua.com to give visibility to African writers rarely covered by mainstream African media. Since its founding, he covered literary news from a distinctly Africa-centric lens. That meant reportage on book news, launches, literary festivals, author profiles, and more. With minimal support, he travelled to festivals in East, West, and Southern Africa, even crossing oceans, to give subscribers information about what is happening in African letters.
With thousands of posts on the blog, the project quietly grew to become the biggest blog on African literature on the internet. From a website that focused only on African writers who come from the continent, there was a shift in 2020 to expand the reach of those who were featured. Alongside the shift, there were new components included like a podcast to hear the voices of African writers and a YouTube channel featuring African writers in their element at events virtual and physical.
In 2023, ten years after the leap there was a change to the new name of Writing Africa from the previous setup, read here why this happened. The new initiative is the same old initiative with news from across literary communities on the continent and the diaspora. It will be a bit better with the experience gained over a decade of doing the same thing.
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