Tag: Dayo Ntwari

  • Dayo Ntwari to read at Goethe Kigali

    Dayo Ntwari to read at Goethe Kigali

    Dayo Ntwari has been having a great year. The Rwandan writer with the Nigerian connection started his writing year with a shortlist on the Writivism Short Story prize. This was followed with a shortlist for the inaugural Huza Press Short Story Award the first in Rwanda. He is also on the longlist for Short Story…

  • Short Story Day Africa 2015 longlist announced

    Short Story Day Africa 2015 longlist announced

    Short Story Day Africa has announced the longlist of this year’s anthology. The stories from writers from across the continent explored the theme “Water” in interesting and unexpected ways, and both the readers and the SSDA team and editors felt the collection to be exceptional in scope and skill. The twenty-one stories will now be…

  • Rwandan Anthology Prize by Huza Press awarded this weekend

    Rwandan Anthology Prize by Huza Press awarded this weekend

    It’s finally here. After many moons, the inaugural Rwandan Anthology known as the Huza Press Short Story Award will be awarded at a glittering ceremony in Kigali on Saturday at 6 pm. September 4 will be a good time to be in the Rwandan capital to see some of the most exciting new writers from…

  • Rwanda’s Huza Press anthology shortlist announced

    Rwanda’s Huza Press anthology shortlist announced

    I have been keeping you abreast of an exciting new project coming out of Rwanda. Huza Press a publisher in the country are currently in the process of coming out with a new anthology with stories from the East African country. The publisher has just announced the shortlist from the longer list of writers in…

  • Rwanda’s Huza Press Anthology longlist announced

    Rwanda’s Huza Press Anthology longlist announced

    I have been keeping you abreast of an exciting new project coming out of Rwanda. Huza Press a publisher in the country is currently in the process of coming out with a new anthology with stories from the East African country. The publisher has just announced the writers who are in the running for the…

  • Writivism Festival 2015 Day 5: Languages, Afrikology, and a sex panel

    Writivism Festival 2015 Day 5: Languages, Afrikology, and a sex panel

    Sunday was the final day of the Writivism Festival 2015. The day when we would be knowing the winner of this year’s Short Story Prize winner. Before that huge announcement, there were several activities at the National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda. The keynote address in the late afternoon would be given by Mukoma Wa Ngugi…