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Lizzy Attree

“We are Writing the ‘National’ Story by Exploding the Nationalist’s Version of that Story”: In Conversation with Tsitsi Mapepa and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | Lizzy Attree

by Lizzy Attree

News• Opportunities March 16, 2021

Opportunity for Writers: The 2021 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Features• News February 28, 2020

Tanzanian Writers Lello Mmassy & Mohamed Songoro Win Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News December 17, 2019

The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize, for Fiction & Poetry in African Languages, Announces 2019 Shortlists

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• Fiction - Anthology• News September 03, 2019

Introduction to The Year of Free Birds: Stories Featuring Visually Impaired Protagonists | Lizzy Attree

by Submissions Editor

Contact Us• Features• Fiction• Fiction - Anthology• News• Nonfiction• Nonfiction - Scholarly March 22, 2019

African Literary Digest: 101 Notable Pieces of 2018

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News February 11, 2019

The University of Dar es Salaam to Host Ceremony for the 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News December 19, 2018

The 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Announces Poetry and Fiction Shortlists

by Otosirieze Obi-Young