Events

Events September 22, 2026

Poetry Africa Announces Programme for Its 30th Festival and World Poetry Slam Championship in Durban, 5–9 October 2026

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Events September 21, 2026

Pa Gya! at 10: Ato Quayson, Eghosa Imasuen, Wale Okediran, and Boakyewaa Glover Join 2026 Festival Lineup

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Events September 15, 2026

The African Art Book Fair Returns to Dakar for Its Sixth Edition, Part of the 2026 Dakar Biennale | November 19–22, 2026

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Events September 11, 2026

PHOTOS: Inside Kampala Writes LitFest 2026: AI, Decoloniality, and the Fight Over Who Gets to Define African Stories

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Events • News September 10, 2026

WATCH: A Look Back at Brittle Paper’s Inaugural Literary Festival

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Events September 09, 2026

Macondo Literary Festival 2026, themed “Ink, Sea, Silence,” will take place in Nairobi from September 18–20, 2026

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Events September 09, 2026

Namwali Serpell, Mahmood Mamdani, and Conceição Evaristo Headline Harlem Stage’s New York Black & African Literature Festival, September 18–20

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Events September 09, 2026

Sue Nyathi Headlines the 9th Gaborone Book Festival’s Return, Themed “Storytelling and the Environment”

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