The Goethe-Institut/Bureau de liaison in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, has called for applications to its new 2019/2020 residencies for African writers under 40. Open to writers in all genres, successful applicants will be paid €1,500 and be expected to produce a manuscript which will be published in 2020. The initiative “aims to give […]
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Photos from Goethe-Institut’s Launch of Saraba & Bakwa Magazines’ Nonfiction Anthology, Limbe to Lagos
Limbe to Lagos: Nonfiction from Cameroon and Nigeria, the anthology collaboration by the Nigeria-based Saraba and the Cameroon-based Bakwa, was recently launched in Lagos. The anthology, edited by Bakwa founding editor Dzekashu MacViban and Saraba founding editors Dami Ajayi and Emmanuel Iduma, is a product of the Literary Exchange Project launched with the support of the Goethe-Instituts in Cameroon […]
Saraba & Bakwa Magazines’ Limbe to Lagos Anthology Features New Nonfiction from Cameroon and Nigeria | How to Buy the Book
In 2017, Goethe-Institut, Saraba and Bakwa announced a Cameroon-Nigeria literary exchange program. The result of the program, “the fruit of a series of workshops and mentorships,” is an anthology by the two magazines: Limbe to Lagos: Nonfiction from Cameroon and Nigeria. Edited by Bakwa founding editor Dzekashu MacViban and Saraba founding editors Dami Ajayi and Emmanuel Iduma, the collection features […]
Goethe-Institut’s #AFROYOUNGADULT, Curated by Zukiswa Wanner, Aims to Discover New African Talents in Young Adult Fiction
Goethe-Institut is on a search to identify the best new talents in African Young Adult literature. This is welcome news. The CODE Burt Award for Young Adult African Literature, awarded last week to Kenya’s Kinyanjui Konbani, is carving out a space for the genre. Last week also, Nigerian Tomi Adeyemi’s YA fantasy debut Children of […]
Short Story Day Africa Announces 2018 Flow Workshops | How to Apply
Short Story Day Africa (SSDA), the continent’s most important institution for short fiction, have announced their 2018 Flow Workshops in partnership with the Goethe-Institut. They are inviting applications to attend the workshops in Windhoek, Addis Ababa, and Nairobi. Due to the non-attendance of some accepted participants in the past, a registration fee is now required, […]
Goethe-Institut Literary Crossroads | Tsitsi Dangarembga and Booker Finalist Achmat Dangor in Conversation
Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga will be in conversation with South African Booker Prize finalist Achmat Dangor at a Goethe-Institut “Literary Crossroads” event on 6 December, The Reading List reports. The conversation, which will be moderated by Danyela Demir, is free. “Literary Crossroads,” which is curated by Indra Wussow and Sine Buthelezi, is a series where writers meet colleagues […]
PHOTOS | Abubakar Ibrahim and Abdul Adan At Goethe Institut’s Literary Crossroads
On September 28th, the Goethe Institut in Nairobi hosted Nigerian novelist Abubakar Ibrahim. He was in conversation with Somalian writer Abdul Adan and German journalist Anja Bengelstorff. The event was part of the Institut’s Literary Crossroad series, which aims at getting African writers based on the continent and abroad to talk about themes and trends […]
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