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  • Dibakana Mankessi wins Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique 2024

    Dibakana Mankessi wins Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique 2024

    Dibakana Mankessi’s novel Le Psychanalyste De Brazzaville is the winner of Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique 2024; the announcement was made in a ceremony in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday, May 19, 2024.    Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique (Orange Book Prize in Africa) rewards a fiction text written in French by an African…

  • Dibakana Mankessi wins Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023

    Dibakana Mankessi wins Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023

    Dibakana Mankessi’s novel Psychanalyste de Brazzaville won the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 in Paris, France on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire is a literary prize presented every year by the Association of French Language Writers (ADELF) for a text in French from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the winners of…

  • Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 finalists announced.

    Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 finalists announced.

    The finalists for Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire 2023 were announced on Monday, February 19, 2024. Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire is a literary prize presented every year by the Association of French Language Writers (ADELF) for a text in French from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the winners of the prize first won by Aké…

  • Prix Les Afriques 2019 longlist announced in Geneva.

    Prix Les Afriques 2019 longlist announced in Geneva.

    The Prix Les Afriques 2019 longlist was announced in Geneva, Switzerland on February 17, 2019. La Cene Littéraire is an association, founded in May 2015, whose aim is to promote the literature of continental and diasporic Africa. Every year since 2016, they have hosted a literary award initially called the “Prix Du Livre Engage” and…