Tag: Troy Onyango
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Troy Onyango, Chiké Frankie Edozien for Nairobi events.
Troy Onyango and Chiké Frankie Edozien are set to feature in a series of readings in Nairobi, Kenya from March 23 – 25, 2023. Chiké Frankie Edozien is a Nigerian-American writer and journalist who is currently the director of New York University, Accra. He came to the notice of the African literary community when he…
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Troy Onyango’s “We Are The Water People” kicks off the Audible “Afrolit Now” series.
Troy Onyango’s short story We Are the Water People was the first to be unveiled in the new “Afrolit Now” series on Audible on October 14, 2021. The series is curated by Zukiswa Wanner. In 2020 while in the middle of the biggest pandemic in a century, a new initiative called Afrolit Sans Frontières was…
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AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2021 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2021 has been announced today, June 2, 2021. It features Doreen Baingana, Meron Hadero, Rémy Ngamije, Troy Onyango, and Iryn Tushabe, The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded annually to an African writer published in English for a short story. The prize has…
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Introducing Kenya’s newest publishing outfit: Jahazi Press.
The Ahmed Aidarus-founded Jahazi Press, which started operations on September 1, 2020, is Kenya’s newest publishing outfit. Ahmed Aidarus is one of the most recognisable names in the Kenyan publishing ecosystem. As the manager of Prestige Books, he has ensured that writers from Kenya and other African countries have a space to sell their books.…
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Ashley Hickson-Lovence at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.
Ashley Hickson-Lovence featured at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5 from London, UK on Sunday, August 2, 2020. He was moderated by Troy Onyango. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, was founded by author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns. The festival format…
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Short Story Day Africa 2018 longlist announced.
The longlist for Short Story Day Africa 2018 has been announced. Short Story Day Africa is a prize that recognises African short story writers while also helping to increase their skills sets with workshops across the continent. Previous winners of this prize include Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor (2018), Sibongile Fisher (2016), Cat Hellisen (2015), Diane Awerbuck…
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The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story! 2018 longlist announced.
The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story! 2018 longlist was announced on October 25, 2018. The Short Story is Dead, Long Live The Short Story! is a competition set up by South African based Black Letter Media which involves a short story call out and prize followed by an anthology. Previous winners…
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Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu at Ebedi International Writers Residency.
Troy Onyango, TJ Benson and Socrates Mbamalu are the latest recipients of the Ebedi International Writers Residency. They began their residency on May 2, 2018. The Ebedi International Writers Residency Program is an initiative for writers wishing to complete their works in a conducive environment at no cost. The program which is affiliated with several…
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Caine Prize workshop participants feature at #KigaliLit
The #KigaliLit session that happens regularly in Kigali, Rwanda this past month featured writers who had been attending the Caine Prize workshop in the East African country. They included previous Caine Prize shortlistees Bongani Kona (2016) and Arinze Ifeakandu (2017). #KigaliLit is an event hosted by Huza Press and other partners in Kigali, Rwanda featuring…
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Miles Morland Foundation hosts African Writers in Uganda
The Miles Morland Foundation hosted some of the hottest writers on the continent for a Creative writer’s workshop in Uganda on July 8-15, 2017. The workshop was hosted by Giles Foden and Michela Wrong. The Miles Morland Foundation has been known for its support of many artistic initiatives on the continent backing literary festivals and…
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Short Story Day Africa, Goethe Institut announce ID Flow Workshop Participants
Short Story Day, Goethe Institut have announced participants to take part in ID Flow Workshop across the continent. The workshops will be facilitated by Efemia Chela, Rachel Zadok, Agazit Guramayle, Anne Moraa, Dzekashu MacViban, Sharon Kasanda. In April 2017, Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut invited submissions from writers who would attend…
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Morland Writing Scholarship 2016 Shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Morland Writing Scholarships. Of the twenty-two names, eleven are from Nigeria, four from South Africa, two each from Somalia and Kenya, and one each from Gambia, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. Miles Morland said, “The standard of the shortlist is always high but this year we…
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Pushcart Prize 2016 nominations: Panashe Chigumadzi, Nneoma Ike-Njoku and Troy Onyango
Panashe Chigumadzi, Nneoma Ike-Njoku and Troy Onyango are three of the six writers that Transition Magazine have nominated for the Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best “poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot” published in the small presses over the previous year. The anthologies…
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Nyanza Literary Festival 2016 winners announced in Kisumu
Update: A previous version of this blog indicated that Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga won the poetry prize. The prize givers have since withdrawn his award after it emerged that he was a serial plagiarist. The inaugural Nyanza Literary Festival 2016 winners announced at the Kiboko Bay Resort in Kisumu County, Kenya on 27th August 2016 is Troy Onyango…