Tag: Kinna Likimani
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Meet the judges for the Writivism Fiction and Nonfiction prizes for 2019.
The judges for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and the Koffi Addo Prize for Nonfiction 2019 were announced on December 5, 2018. Writivism is an organisation that does activities around the writing ecosystem. Based out of a Kampala, Uganda headquarters, the organisation organises a literary festival, an annual writing competition, mentoring for young writers…
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Ama Ata Aidoo for Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017
The Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017 will take place at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on November 14-18, 2017. This year’s theme is “This F-Word” and conversations will focus largely on creative women doing amazing things both on the African continent and beyond. Time really flies when you are having fun. It…
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Book bloggers strut their stuff at Ake Festival 2015
Book bloggers are a very important lot in the African literary ecosystem and on Thursday afternoon some of the most well-known ones strutted their stuff in a panel at the Ake Festival 2015. Moderated by Kate Haines were bloggers Kinna Likimani of Kinnareads.com and Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed of bookshybooks.blogspot.com with Emmanuel Iduma of online journal Saraba…
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Doreen Baingana to judge Golden Baobab Prizes 2014
The Golden Baobab has announced its judges for the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes. Its about time. The prize was established to inspire the writing and publishing of African stories that captivate the minds of children, the prizes award $20,000 to talented African writers and illustrators. It also offers publishing and training opportunities to its honorees.…