The inaugural Asmara Addis Literary Festival in Exile was held from 8–10 February 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. Founded by Eritrean-Ethiopian novelist Sulaiman Addonia, author of The Consequences of Love (2009) and Silence Is My Mother Tongue (2018), the Festival is “a new pan-African literary event with feminist principles at its heart.” It was organized in collaboration with BOZAR, in […]
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The 4 Winners of the 2018 Miles Morland Scholarships
Four writers have been announced as the winners of the 2018 Miles Morland Writing Scholarships. Cote D’Ivoire’s Edwige Dro and Nigeria’s Kola Tubosun won for nonfiction, and South Africa’s Sibabalwe Masinyana and Zimbabwe’s Siphiwe Ndlovu won for fiction. They were chosen from a shortlist of 20 announced in November, which had itself been chosen from over 550 entries from 27 countries—including […]
Book Launch Photos | Indigo Press Celebrates Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence is My Mother Tongue at London’s Vout-O-Reenee’s
Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence Is My Mother Tongue hit the book stands a few days ago. Last week, loved ones and well-wishers gathered at London’s Vout-O-Reenee’s to celebrate the release of the new novel. The book launch also doubled as the celebration of Indigo Press’s one year birthday. How fitting! Silence Is My Mother Tongue is […]
There’s a New Publisher in Town! | Indigo Press Promises Bold Ideas and Beautifully-crafted Stories
Going into the business of publishing literary works is not for the faint of heart. In a publishing industry that gravitates towards bestselling thrillers and celebrity authors, things like literary fiction and non-fiction can be a hard sell. But Zimbabwean-born Editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is not letting that stop her. She has teamed up with […]
Bringing Achebe’s Masterpiece to Life | Highlights from the 60th Anniversary Reading of Things Fall Apart | Eddie Hewitt
60 years on from the first publication of Things Fall Apart, I was excited to be in Queen Elizabeth Hall at London’s Southbank Centre to pay homage to Chinua Achebe and to enjoy a performance of his masterpiece by a stellar group of readers. A seven hour session of the finest literary entertainment, presented by […]
Opportunity | Apply to Be Sales and Marketing Manager at The Indigo Press
The Indigo Press, a newly established independent publisher based in London, is looking for “an ambitious Sales and Marketing Manager to establish and nourish the key relationships that will sell our books.” The company has the editor and critic Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, most recently shortlisted for the Brittle Paper Award for Essays/Think Pieces, as its Publishing […]
When We Talk about Kintu | Ellah Wakatama Allfrey | Essay
When Kwani? launched its Manuscript Project competition in 2012 the stated aim was to find the best unpublished novels by writers from across Africa—and to publish them for readers across Africa. The call for submissions asserted a firm belief that ‘there is no greater celebration of emergent forms than in publishing our own’ with Billy Kahora […]
Photos from the Africa39 Literary Event in NYC City
If you’ve not heard about Africa39, you’re clearly not on top of your African literary news. So let me help you out. Africa39 is a book project sponsored by the Hay Festival and the Rainbow Book Club in Port Harcourt. The anthology features stories written by 39 writers below the age of 40 judged […]
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