Tag: Karen Jennings
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Meet the Mentors of Writivism 2017
Writivism has unveiled its mentors for 2017. Those mentoring in English will be, Chuma Nwokolo, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Dami Ajayi, Yewande Omotoso, Tiah Beautement, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Emmanuel Iduma, Karen Jennings, and Lidudumalingani. In French mentoring will be done by Richard Ali, Marcus Boni TEIGA, and Pierre Cherruau. Writivism, the project of writing as activism,…
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Short Story Day Africa Prize 2016 longlist announced
Our good friends who run the Short Story Day Africa Prize have announced their longlist 2016. The twenty writers will have their stories judged by Sindiwe Magona, H.J. Golakai and Tendai Huchu. The Short Story Day Prize has quickly established itself in the African writing world with the quality of writers and the anthologies that…
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Etisalat Writers Prize 2014 shortlist out
They announced the shortlist for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature yesterday. Those in the running for Africa’s first major Pan-African Literature prize are the following writers; These names were chosen by judges Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola the Chair who is also a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, Sarah Ladipo Manyika a writer and…