Tag: Sindiwe Magona
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Book Digest: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Richard Oduor Oduku, Sindiwe Magona, Frances Mensah Williams
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Richard Oduor Oduku, Sindiwe Magona, and Frances Mensah Williams. A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Publisher: Penguin Random HouseDate: February 7, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ was…
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Five writers make Prix Les Afriques 2021 shortlist
Bernardine Evaristo, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin, Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe, and Sindiwe Magona make up the shortlist for Le Prix Les Afriques 2021 announced today, Monday, October 11, 2021. Prix Les Afriques was created by the Swiss lawyer Ngoãn Beti founded association La Cene Littéraire in 2015. It is awarded annually to an…
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Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni’s “The Ultimate Book Show” debuts in Edinburgh.
“The Ultimate Book Show” was presented by Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni at the Edinburgh Book Festival on August 20, 2021. “The Ultimate Book Show” presented by Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni is an exciting new show for those who follow the African literary scene. First introduced to the African literary community by our friends at Brittlepaper, the first season of…
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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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Artists In Residency 2015 finalists announced!
The Artists In Residency (AIR) programme has provided artists across discipline (visual arts; literary arts; performing arts; music & film) with the opportunity to participate in residency programmes throughout the world. This year AIR received a record 423 complete applications across genres from 40 countries across the continent. After a rigorous selection process that invited…
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South African writers support their strays with new anthology
In 1985, American artists led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie came up with a song called We Are The World to help the people of Ethiopia who were going through a horrible drought. It is still one of the best examples of artists coming together to alleviate suffering. South African writers, many of them…