Tag: La Cene Littéraire

  • Ayobami Adebayo awarded Prix Les Afriques 2020 in virtual ceremony

    Ayobami Adebayo awarded Prix Les Afriques 2020 in virtual ceremony

    Ayobami Adebayo’s Reste Avec Moi was awarded the Prix Les Afriques 2020 in a virtual ceremony on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Prix Les Afriques is awarded annually to an African or writer of African descent who has written fiction highlighting a human, societal, ideological, political, cultural, economic, or historical issue related to Africa or its…

  • Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 winners feted in online ceremony.

    Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 winners feted in online ceremony.

    Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 winners Ogamba Frances, Howard M-B Maximus, Muhumuza Charles, and Christine Coates were feted in an online ceremony on Saturday, December 5, 2020. The Kalahari Short Story Prize is a new competition from the La Cene Littéraire who are the folks behind Prix Les Afriques. The award which started this year,…

  • Ogamba Frances is Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 English winner

    Ogamba Frances is Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 English winner

    Ogamba Frances’s short story My Husband’s Wife was announced the English language winner of the Kalahari Short Story Prize 2020 today, December 1, 2020. Second and third place went to Howard M-B Maximus and Muhumuza Charles respectively. In May, La Cene Littéraire, famous for the Prix Les Afriques, unveiled the Kalahari Short Story Competition for…

  • Kalahari Short Stories Competition seeks entries in French, English, and Kiswahili.

    Kalahari Short Stories Competition seeks entries in French, English, and Kiswahili.

    The Kalahari Short Stories Competition, organised by La Cene Littéraire, seeks entries in French, English and Kiswahili. It was officially opened today May 20, 2020. La Cene Littéraire is an organisation founded by Swiss lawyer Ngoãn Beti to celebrate the best in African writing. It hands out the Prix Les Afriques to an African or…

  • 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…