Tag: Panashe Chigumadzi
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Bernardine Evaristo to chair Global Black Women’s Nonfiction Manuscript Prize jury.
Bernardine Evaristo is the chair of the jury of the new Global Black Women’s Nonfiction Manuscript Prize announced on November 28. Others are Sylvia Tamale, Natalie Baszile, Carole Boyce Davies, and Panashe Chigumadzi. In October, Cassava Republic Press announced the new Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize open to emerging and established Black women writers globally.…
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Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Panashe Chigumadzi among W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows
The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows 2022, including Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Panashe Chigumadzi, were announced on May 5, 2022. The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute is part of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research located at Harvard University. Its main work is in the provision of…
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An evening with Panashe Chigumadzi in Nairobi.
Nairobi residents engaged Zimbabwean-South African novelist and essayist Panashe Chigumadzi at the Columbia Global Centre on Monday, August 19, 2019. The evening was conducted by Nanjala Nyabola. Panashe Chigumadzi is the writer of Sweet Medicine about Tsitsi who has to survive in the harsh world of mid-noughties Harare, Zimbabwe. The novel, that we really rated,…
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The Writivism 2019 mentors have been announced.
The mentors for Writivism 2019 were announced by the Kampala, Uganda headquartered initiative on March 16, 2019. Writivism, the project of writing as activism, that works to build the capacity for writing on the continent was started in Kampala, Uganda in 2012. One of its unique features is its mentor program where established writers mentor…
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Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 guest list unveiled.
The guest list for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 has been unveiled. The festival curated by writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga runs from April 4-7, 2019. In 2018, writers from across Africa and its diaspora converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. The festival organised by InterKontinental and…
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Brittle Paper Awards 2018 winners announced.
The Brittle Paper Awards 2018 winners were announced on November 19, 2018. They are Sibongile Fisher, Itiola Jones, Stacy Hardy, Panashe Chigumadzi, and Shailja Patel. Brittlepaper.com is one of the most influential spaces in the African literary scene today. The blog which started publishing on August 1, 2010 delivers interviews, essays, fiction and poetry from…
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Abantu Book Festival 2018 artist line up unveiled.
The Abantu Book Festival 2018 artist line up was announced on the event’s social media platforms on October 23, 2018. The festival now in its third year is set for Soweto, South Africa from December 6-9, 2018. The Abantu Book Festival was founded in 2016 to build a space for black South African readers and…
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Panashe Chigumadzi’s “These Bones Will Rise” launches in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Panashe Chigumadzi’s These Bones Will Rise launched in Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday July 28, 2018. The Zimbabwean-born writer was moderated by Memory Chirere. Panashe Chigumadzi emerged in the African literary scene when her debut novel Sweet Medicine was published in 2015. The book, which we enjoyed, followed the tale of a young woman who has…
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Panashe Chigumadzi’s “These Bones Will Rise Again” cover revealed
The cover for Panashe Chigumadzi’s second publication These Bones Will Rise Again from United Kingdom based publisher Indigo Press has been revealed. In October 2017, a new publisher called Indigo Press was launched to publish fiction and creative non-fiction to bring together a conversation-starting curation of books from all over the world. They announced that…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Panashe Chigumadzi for University of Iowa Writing Residency
The University of Iowa has announced the next group of participants in the 2017 edition of its legendary writing residency. The University of Iowa International Writing Program, which was born in 1967, allows writers from all over the world with time, in a setting congenial to their efforts, for the production of literary work. The…
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South African Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
The winners of the 2016 South African Literary Awards 2016 also known as the SALAs were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on 7th November 2016. The South African Literary Awards which are celebrating 11 years as an organisation announced those in the running for what is considered to be the most prestigious award ceremony going.…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe about his life and work, will be joined by a galaxy of stars in the African literary space. This year’s edition is themed “Beneath this Skin.’ 15-19 November 2016 are…
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Mona Eltahawy features at Africa Month Celebrations today
Mona Eltahawy will tonight’s guest at the Joburg Theatre as South Africa continues to celebrate Africa Month. Her topic of discussion will be “Reflections on Africa’s Emancipation Post the North African Uprisings of 2010.” She will be joined by Nomboniso Gasa and Panashe Chigumadzi. The South African Department of Arts and Culture has been hosting…
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Images from the Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi Goethe event
There was a huge turnout at the Goethe Institut for the Literary Crossroads event called Quo Vadis Africa: The Power of Words – The Words of Power last night. The event which was moderated by the columnist and radio personality Ndumiso Ngcobo featured Zukiswa Wanner and Panashe Chigumadzi. The writing community in Johannesburg turned out to support…