The Ugandan writer Goretti Kyomuhendo, Director of African Writers Trust (AWT), has been appointed Civil Society Advisory Governor by Commonwealth Foundation. She is one of five appointments, each representing a region: the academic Kalpana Kannabiran for Asia; University of the West Indies economics lecturer Marlene Attz for the Caribbean region; former Wellington, New Zealand mayor […]
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African Writers Trust Announces Shortlist for 2020 Publishing Fellowship Programme
African Writers Trust (AWT) awards an annual publishing fellowship programme to “early career publishers and creative writers intending to self-publish their manuscripts.” A call was made for applications from writers based in Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The shortlist of 11 has now been announced. Uganda takes the most spots with three, followed […]
Apply to the African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme
African Writers Trust (AWT) is a non-profit collective that seeks to promote the sharing of skills and resources, and to foster knowledge between writers in the African continent and in the diaspora. Founded in 2009 by the Ugandan novelist Goretti Kyomuhendo and currently headquartered in London, its board includes the novelists Zakes Mda, Helon Habila, […]
Alain Mabanckou, Chimamanda Adichie, Isha Sesay, Leila Slimani, Afua Hirsch & Goretti Kyomuhendo Among New African’s 100 Most Influential Africans of 2019
Leading politics and culture magazine New African has released its annual list of “The 100 Most Influential Africans,” and on it this year are six authors: Congo’s Alain Mabanckou, UCLA literature professor and the author, most recently, of Black Moses; Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who last month received a UN Global Leadership Award; Morocco’s Leila […]
The 2018 Writivism Festival Theme Is Legac(y)ies
The 2018 Writivism Festival, themed “Legac(y)ies,” will be held from 17-19 August. The event, which is in its sixth year, will take place at The National Theatre and The Square Place, both in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. It is aimed at celebrating “the different ways history can be used to inspire new narratives.” The highlight will be the […]
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