Tag: Bisi Adjapon
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Book Digest: João Melo, Sharma Taylor, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, and Bisi Adjapon.
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with new books from João Melo, Sharma Taylor, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, and Bisi Adjapon. Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo Publisher: Iskanchi PressPublication Date: January 30, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Iskanchi Press João Melo João…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022 judges announced.
Dr Siphiwo Mahala, Faith Oneya, and Bisi Adjapon are the judges for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022. The panel will be chaired by Dr Siphiwo Mahala. The Kendeka Prize for Africa Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. The first edition of the prize…
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Bisi Adjapon for Goethe-Insitut’s Virtually Yours for February 12
The featured book for the Goethe-Institut “Virtually Yours” series for February is Bisi Adjapon’s debut novel The Keeper of Secrets. The event which happens on February 12, 2022, will kick off at 4 pm GMT, 5 pm WAT, 6 pm CAT, and 7 pm EAT. Virtually Yours is a project of Goethe-Institut Sub Saharan Africa,…
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Bisi Adjapon’s “The Teller Of Secrets” for One Read in December 2021
Bisi Adjapon’s novel The Teller Of Secretswas revealed to be the One Read Africa offering for December 2021 on December 10, 2021. One Read is a mobile application, brought to you by Nigeria’s Sterling Bank and Ouida Books, aimed at promoting writers, publishers and other players in the African book industry to create a community…
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Book Digest: Bisi Adjapon, Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Nsah Mala, Mbizo Chirasha, and Albert Dalela
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Bisi Adjapon, Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Nsah Mala, Mbizo Chirasha, and Albert Dalela Keeper of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon Publisher: HarperCollinsPublication Date: November 16, 2021Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: HarperCollins Bisi Adjapon Bisi Adjapon is the writer of…
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Bisi Adjapon, Zoë Beck for James Murua Literary LiveStream
Bisi Adjapon and Zoë Beck are the guests at the James Murua Literary LiveStream on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 18:00 GMT/ 19:00 WAT/ 20:00 CAT/ 21:00 EAT. You can join the stream, brought to you in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office, on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter.…
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Frances Mensah Williams at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.
Frances Mensah Williams kicked off day 2 at Season 5 of Afrolit Sans Frontières on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. She was moderated by Bisi Adjapon. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, was founded by author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns. The…
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Ayesha Harruna Attah wraps up day two of Season 3 of Afrolit Sans Frontières.
Ayesha Harruna Attah wrapped up day two of Season 3 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Dakar, Senegal on May 26, 2020. She was hosted by Bisi Adjapon. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown in March. It has had two…
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Maaza Mengiste, Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, Remy Ngamije, Bisi Adjapon, and Chike Frankie Edozien at Afrolit Sans Frontières
Maaza Mengiste, Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, Remy Ngamije, Bisi Adjapon, and Chike Frankie Edozien wrapped up day 1 of Season 2 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from several cities around the world on April 20, 2020. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a new initiative for writers of African origin, was started in March as a result of the Covid-19…
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Bisi Adjapon features at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 1
Bisi Adjapon wrapped up day five of Afrolit Sans Frontières on Instagram Live from Accra, Ghana on Friday, March 27, 2020. The Afrolit Sans Frontiers Virtual Literary Festival is an initiative from writers of African origin curated by Zukiswa Wanner. Sixteen writers from 10 African countries are sharing their work from 15 different cities in…
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Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival kicks off on March 23.
The Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival, an initiative of writers of African origin curated by Zukiswa Wanner, kicks off on the Internet from March 23 – 30, 2020. In the last few weeks, the world has become unrecognisable as the Corona Virus pandemic reaches across the planet. Activity has ground to a halt in…
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Bisi Adjapon tours Senegal, Nigeria with debut novel “Of Women And Frogs.”
Bisi Adjapon toured Senegal and Nigeria with her Farafina published debut novel Of Women And Frogs this past March and May 2019. Of Women And Frogs, the debut novel of Ghanaian writer Bisi Adjapon, came out in March 2019 from Farafina with the blurb; Esi is a feisty half-Nigerian girl growing up in Ghana, with…