Tag: Richard Ali
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Konya Shamsrumi Press publishes Richard Ali, Umar Sidi Poetry Collections.
Richard Ali’s The Anguish and Vigilance of Things and Umar Sidi’s The Poet of Dust were published by Konya Shamsrumi Press last week. Konya Shamsrumi Press is built around the four-member KSR Collective which comprises Richard Ali, Umar Sidi, Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan. Its objective is to create a new publishing house and…
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Richard Ali was the Yasmin El-Rufai foundation artist of the month
Writer, lawyer, and publisher Richard Ali was the Yasmin El-Rufai foundation artist of the month for February 2018. The Yasmin El-Rufai foundation is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization established in 2013 by Hadiza Isma El-Rufai in memory of her daughter Yasmin El-Rufai, who had a great passion for literature, creativity, and knowledge. The foundation…
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Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 for November #lipfest2017
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 is set to happen from November 1-5, 2017. The festival theme is “Bridges from Walls.” In 2015, a team of Lagosians led by founder Efe Paul Azino hosted the Lagos International Poetry Festival at Freedom Park the home of the arts in commercial hub of the West African country.…
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Leila Aboulela to headline Nigeria’s Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017
Leila Aboulela will be the headline guest at the inaugural Kaduna Book & Arts Festival to be held from July 5-8, 2017. The festival is run in collaboration with the Book Buzz foundation. As part of its centenary celebrations, Nigerian state of Kaduna is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar. The Kaduna Book…
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Raïssa Kamaliza wins Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016
Raïssa Kamaliza is the winner of the The Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 announced at a ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda on March 18, 2017. Huza Press Prize for Fiction 2016 announced the winner of the most prestigious prize in Rwandan writing at a colourful ceremony in the nation’s capital. This year’s winner Raïssa Kamaliza…
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Richard Ali’s view of the Jalada Mobile Festival 2017 in Kampala
The Jalada Mobile Festival has been visiting cities around East Africa bringing its unique view of the African literary scene on its festival bus. RICHARD ALI who is travelling with the caravan gives us his view from Kampala, Uganda. The Jalada Mobile Festival (hashtag #JaladaFestival) is now in Kampala with the festival bus arriving at…
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Abuja Writers Forum convenes for March 2016 edition
The Abuja Writers Forum curated by Dr Emman Shehu convened on Saturday 26th March 2016 at the Nanet Suites in Nigeria’s capital city. So what were you up to on Saturday night? Well if you are in Abuja and love the written word then the best option is the Abuja Writers Forum which happens on the…
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Joint winners go home with Rwanda’s Huza Press short story competition
We have a winner. Or rather two winners. The winners of the inaugural Huza Press short story competition are Darla Rudakubana and Daniel Rafiki. The two winners of the first Rwandan short story competition that we have ever heard of was announced at the Century Park in Nyarutarama on Saturday. The two share the prize…
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Images from the Association of Nigerian Authors Convention 2014
Yesterday we gave a report from the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) convention that ended last weekend in the West African nation. The images here kindly submitted by the gang at ANA aren’t world-class, they are writers after all, but they give a good feel for the event and the action. Enjoy.
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Africa’s Largest Authors Association holds annual Convention
Author Richard Ali gives us a rundown of the Association of Nigerian Authors convention that ended last weekend. Africa’s largest national authors Association, the Association of Nigerian Authors, concluded its 33rd Convention on Saturday 13th December 2014. The annual three-day write-fest was held at the historical city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, formerly Africa’s largest…