Tag: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
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Meet the judges for the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018
Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Namwali Serpell, Ainehi Edoro-Glines, and Mulenga Kapwepwe are the judges of the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018. In October last year we posted a call out about a new prize for Zambian writers called the Kalemba Short Story Prize. The new prize would award the best unpublished short fiction of between 2,000…
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A snapshot of the South African Book Fair 2017
The South African Book Fair 2017 was hosted in Johannesburg from September 8-10. The festival theme was #OURSTORIES. It was a lit few days as some of the best known authors and others in the literary scene converged on Johannesburg for the South African Book Fair 2017. The list of the people see and interact…
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Zakes Mda to headline South Africa Book Fair 2017 in September
The headline act for the South African Book Fair 2017 set to happen from September 8-10 is legendary author Zakes Mda. The festival theme is the “Writing Revolution.” The South African Book Fair 2017 will be happening at Museum Africa in Johannesburg. The South African Book Fair, now owned by the South African Book Development…
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Writivism Festival 2015 Day 5: Languages, Afrikology, and a sex panel
Sunday was the final day of the Writivism Festival 2015. The day when we would be knowing the winner of this year’s Short Story Prize winner. Before that huge announcement, there were several activities at the National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda. The keynote address in the late afternoon would be given by Mukoma Wa Ngugi…
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Writivism Day 1: Master Classes, Panel, Tsitsi, and Rolex
*Jeff Koinange voice* What a day! What a series of master classes! What a panel! What a speech by the one and only TSISTI DANGAREMBGA! The Tsitsi of Nervous Conditions! The Tsitsi of Neria! Oh my! What a smokin’ day of Writivism Festival 2015! Someone call G4S!*ends voice narration* Day one of the Writivism Festival…
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The Writivism Festival 2015 is here! (Day one is coming)
The hype towards the Writivism Festival 2015 happening in Kampala, Uganda has been intense with good reason. We love the idea of activism to get the writing gospel out there and this is one of the most innovative vehicles for African writers out there. This blogger arrived early Tuesday morning after a bus journey from…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o lectures at the Kenyatta University
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o gave a lecture at Kenyatta University last Wednesday afternoon to a very large audience of students, faculty, and groupies. As you can imagine, this blogger falls squarely in the “groupies” category. It was an inspired lecture. Friendly warning: unlike previous blogs this one is a bit lengthy. The lecture was done in…
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The Writivism Short Story Prize Shortlist 2015 out
The shortlist for the Writivism Short Story Competition 2015 has been announced by Chika Unigwe the chair of the judging panel. She was helped in her task by Mukoma wa Ngugi, Tendai Huchu, Rachel Zadok, and Ainehi Edoro. The stories were read blind, as in they didn’t know who there were reading, and those still…
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The Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 Longlist
The long list for the 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize, selected from a record 277 entries, was announced last Friday afternoon. The panel of judges for this year’s prize chaired by Chika Unigwe comprised Mukoma wa Ngugi, Tendai Huchu, Ainehi Edoro, and Rachel Zadok. They were assisted by many readers who helped whittle down submissions,…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi on Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016 jury
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature are international bimonthly awards sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and World Literature Today,. It is the first literary award of its scope to originate in the United States and is one of the very few international prizes for which poets, novelists, and playwrights are equally eligible. It consists…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o clan to celebrate 50 years of Weep Not Child
Weep Not Child, the debut novel of celebrated Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o published in 1964, was the first book published by a Kenyan African. The author, who was known as James Ngugi before he opted to be a true African writer and adopted the name Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, then went on first pain and…
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Writivism Festival 2015 set for June
The Writivism Festival is set to happen at Makerere University and the National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda from 16th to 22nd June 2015. It is part of the annual Writivism cycle that includes workshops, mentoring, publishing, a short story prize, and a school programme. This year the festival will be hosting some pretty cool people…
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No Valentines Day plans? Ankara Press got you sorted
Its Valentines Day on Saturday and Ankara Press have your back for the big day. They have commissioned Toni Kan, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Binyavanga Wainaina, Chuma Nwokolo, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Edwige-Renée Dro, and Hawa Jande Kolakai to write romance stories for your reading pleasure. Also on board are seven talented translators, including Chikodili Emelumadu, Kola…
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African literature Association endorses academic boycott of Israel
The African Literature Association (ALA) has seen the madness happening in Gaza in the Middle East and decided that enough is enough. The organisation in its most recent ALA Resolutions and Executive Letters supports the Palestinian people who are currently suffering a hail of bombs and other non nice things that kill. The statement, given…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s chilled out birthday celebrations
Mukoma Wa Ngugi is one of the hottest young writers to come out of Africa in recent times. He celebrated his birthday with his family last week. The birthday can be an interesting thing where the African writer is concerned. We imagine that they all go crazy drinking their poison of choice leading to massive…