Tag: Felwine Sarr
-
A snapshot of the “Membrane: African Literatures Festival 2019” in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Membrane: African Literatures Festival 2019 was hosted in Stuttgart, Germany from May 23-26, 2019. The Membrane: African Literatures Festival was a four-day international literature festival hosted by Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Institut Français and Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. It featured readings, conversations, interventions, lectures, culinary surprises and trajectories, exhibitions, performances, concerts and a German-Cameroonian…
-
African writers converge on Alain Mabanckou powered Atlantide 2018
Writers from across the African continent converged on Nantes, France at the Alain Mabanckou-powered Atlantide Literature Festival 2018 on February 15 to 18, 2018. The Atlantide Literature Festival, founded in 2013, has gathered dozens of international and French writers to the French city of Nantes. In 2018, the artistic director of the festival was Alain…
-
Raïssa Kamaliza wins Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016
Raïssa Kamaliza is the winner of the The Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 announced at a ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda on March 18, 2017. Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 announced the winner of the most prestigious prize in Rwandan writing at a colourful ceremony in the nation’s capital. This year’s winner Raïssa Kamaliza…
-
Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 Shortlist unveiled
The Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 shortlist was announced on February 28, 2017. The good people at Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 have announced those in the running for the ultimate prize in Rwandan writing. The shortlist of ten writers was chosen by judges Paula Akugizibwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Richard Ali, and Felwine Sarr.…