Tag: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
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Book Digest: Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Véronique Tadjo, Nana Nkweti, Kalynn Bayron
We wrap up book news for our readers in our Book Digest feature. Today our focus is books from Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Véronique Tadjo, Nana Nkweti, and Kalynn Bayron. Unbury our Dead With Song, Mukoma Wa Ngugi Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Publication Date: September 21, 2021 Genre: Literary fiction Language: English Where to find it:…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s turn at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 1
Mukoma Wa Ngugi closed out the third day of Afrolit Sans Frontières on Instagram Live from Ithaca, New York, USA, on March 25, 2020. Afrolit Sans Frontières is an initiative from writers of African origin curated by Zukiswa Wanner. Sixteen writers from 10 African countries are sharing their work from 15 different cities in English, French,…
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Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival kicks off on March 23.
The Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival, an initiative of writers of African origin curated by Zukiswa Wanner, kicks off on the Internet from March 23 – 30, 2020. In the last few weeks, the world has become unrecognisable as the Corona Virus pandemic reaches across the planet. Activity has ground to a halt in…
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Exclusive: Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s novel “We, The Scarred” cover revealed.
The cover for Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s novel We, The Scarred, formerly known as Mrs Shaw, has today been revealed by its publisher Paivapo Publishers. Author, poet and academic Mukoma Wa Ngugi came into the African literary scene with the two novels Nairobi Heat and its sequel Killing Sahara (Black Star Nairobi). The two are crime…
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Inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize makes callout for entries.
Lunaris has made a callout for the inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize for entries from writers from across Africa. Here is the official communication from the organisers. The LUNARIS team is glad to officially announce the inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize (TFP) created in honor of the Distinguished African scholar and foremost historian, Professor Toyin Fálọlá, whose…
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Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners announced.
The Syncity NG anniversary anthology and prize winners were announced on July 17, 2019. Syncity NG was founded by Nigerian writer Cynthia Osuchukwu as a regular multi-topic blog in 2017. In 2018, it embraced literature as a niche; they have since gone on to cover literary events and book festivals from across the African continent.…
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Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology and Prize shortlist announced.
The Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology and Prize shortlist was announced on April 12, 2019. Syncity NG is a platform that showcases the best of African literature to the world. It started off as a regular multi-topic blog, but embraced literature as a niche in February 2018; they would go on to cover literary events and…
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Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology and Prize longlist announced.
The Syncity NG Anniversary Anthology and Prize longlist was announced on March 27, 2019. Syncity NG, founded by Mystique Syn Osuchukwu, is a platform that showcases the best of African literature to the world. It started off as a regular multi-topic blog, but embraced literature as a niche in February 2018; they would go on…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Mukoma Wa Ngugi in “Duel on the Ridges.”
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Mukoma Wa Ngugi were the two players in the Dr Joyce Nyairo moderated “Duel on the Ridges” at the St Pauls University on February 19, 2019. It’s been a Ngugi family month here in Kenya over the month of February. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o the family patriarch was in town promoting his…
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African Literary Podcast Season 2 Episodes 2 and 3
In the African Literary Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 and 3 we give you the audio of Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s keynote address and eulogise Zimbabwe author and poet Charles Mungoshi. We give you more African Literary Podcast with two episodes back to back. In the first of these, we share the audio of the Mukoma…
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Leye Adenle, Mukoma Wa Ngugi to judge Nigeria’s Syncity NG anthology. (Nigeria only)
Leye Adenle and Mukoma Wa Ngugi are the judges for a new anthology by Nigerian literary blog Syncity NG. Syncity NG founded by Mystique Syn Osuchukwu is a platform that showcases the best of African literature to the world. It started off as a regular multi-topic blog but embraced literature as their niche in February…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi gives keynote address on Africans and African Americans
Author, poet, and scholar Mukoma Wa Ngugi gave a keynote address on the complicated relationship between Africans and African Americans. The keynote was given at the St Paul University, Limuru on February 7, 2019. St Paul University is one of the universities marking “Black History Month” usually celebrated in the US every February. St Paul’s…
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Goethe-Institut Kenya’s Artistic Encounters 2019 artists announced.
Artists for Goethe-Institut Kenya’s Artistic Encounters 2019 have been announced by series creator and curator Zukiswa Wanner. In 2017, the Goethe-Institut introduced Kenyan audiences to a series they called “Artistic Encounters.” Curated by Kenyan based South African author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner, two artists of different genres from two different countries meet and share their…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s “Black Star Nairobi” French language edition imminent.
The French language translation of Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s Black Star Nairobi is almost here. Many readers of this blog are familiar with the writing of Kenyan author, poet, and academic Mukoma Wa Ngugi. He is the author of the two detective novels Nairobi Heat and Black Star Nairobi (Killing Sahara) which follow the exploits of…
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African writers converge for Berlin’s first African Book Festival.
Writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the first African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner on April 26-28, 2018. Organised by the InterKontinental and curated by Olumide Popoola, the festival looked at transnationalism and migration in a more literary sense of “keeping in motion”. Berlin has a very unique…