Tag: Desta Haile
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Desta Haile is Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 winner.
Desta Haile was announced the winner of the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021 at a virtual ceremony on Friday, March 2, 2021. Afritondo, a new platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations across the globe, is the founder of the Afritondo Short Story Prize. The first…
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Desta Hailé is To Speak Europe In Different Languages Award 2020 winner.
Desta Hailé was announced the winner of the “To Speak Europe In Different Languages” Literary Award on September 18, 2020. “To Speak Europe In Different Languages” is a literary award aimed at “recognizing the wounds and wonders of language, in order to endorse and enhance the border-crossing, category-defying qualities of our contemporary world.” It is…
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Afropolitan Festival 2019 hosts Asmara-Addis Literary Festival (In Exile) 2019.
The Asmara-Addis Literary Festival (In Exile) 2019 was hosted in Brussels, Belgium on February 9, 2019. It was hosted as part of the Afropolitan Festival 2019 which happened from February 8-10, 2019. Since 2017, the Bozar institute in Brussels, Belgium has been hosting the Afropolitan Festival where art forms like music, film, literature from Africans…