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  • New Zimbabwean Poetry Journal “Ipikai” launched.

    New Zimbabwean Poetry Journal “Ipikai” launched.

    New online poetry journal Ipikai, an initiative of the new Zimbabwe Poets Society, has launched today March 2, 2022. Ipikai is the Shona word for ‘be open to receiving.’ Zimbabwe Poets Society is the brainchild of two poets, Batsirai Chigama and Fungai Tichawangana, who have both contributed to the Zimbabwean arts and culture scene in…

  • Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 guest list unveiled.

    Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 guest list unveiled.

    The guest list for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 has been unveiled. The festival curated by writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga runs from April 4-7, 2019. In 2018, writers from across Africa and its diaspora converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. The festival organised by InterKontinental and…