The Anaphora Writing Residency is a Los Angeles-based program open exclusively to writers of color. This year, the stellar cast of instructors includes Nigerian writer Chris Abani, Ghanaian poet and academic Kwame Dawes, Somali-born artist Ladan Osman , and Ethiopian-Eritrean writer and visual artist Mahtem Shiferraw, among others. The ten-day residency will run from May […]
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The Struggle for Kwani?’s Soul | Isaac Otidi Amuke
During a June 2019 Heinrich Böll Stiftung memorial event in Berlin, the novelist Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor delivered a moving tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina, who died in Nairobi on 21 May 2019, aged 48. Owuor, whose Binyavanga-edited and Kwani?-published short story “Weight of Whispers” won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2003—the year after Binyavanga’s […]
Bernardine Evaristo’s 2020 North American Book Tour: Dates and Locations | Canceled
British-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo will embark on a book tour across North America from mid-March until early April 2020. North American fans, here’s your chance to catch the Booker Prize-winning writer in person and maybe snag an autograph or selfie! We’ve listed the dates and venue below. If it turns out she’s coming to a […]
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim & Ukamaka Olisakwe Join Masobe Books
Nigerian novelists Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Ukamaka Olisakwe have both joined the Lagos-based publishing house Masobe Books. Founded in 2019, the press has Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Chimeka Garricks, Michael Afenfia, and TJ Benson on its roster. Masobe Books announced on Twitter that it will publish Ibrahim’s second collection of short stories titled Dreams and Assorted […]
South African Author & Doctor Kopano Matlwa Featured in Bill Gates’ Heroes in the Field Series for Her Work in Fighting Malnutrition in Children
The South African author and doctor Kopano Matlwa got a shoutout from Bill Gates. Her work with undernourished children in South Africa was featured in the American billionaire and philanthropist’s “Heroes in the Field” series, which seeks to highlight the work of ordinary people doing their bit to help humanity. “One in four children under […]
Photos | Bernardine Evaristo Is the First Guest on the Vogue Talks Series
Last Tuesday, February 25, Bernardine Evaristo was at Vogue House in London for the launch of the new Vogue Talks series. Following a brief cocktail session, the Booker Prize winner read her fantasy short story, “Star of the Season,” which appeared in the March issue of British Vogue. The story is set in a world […]
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