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Features 2019/03/11

Pius Adesanmi, Nigerian Professor and Influential Public Intellectual, Passes On

The writer, academic and influential Nigerian public intellectual Pius Adesanmi has passed on. He was on the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 that crashed on 10 March. The Carleton University professor of literature and African Studies was travelling on his Canadian passport. Best known for his columns for Premium Times and Sahara Reporters, in which he satirized and critiqued Nigerian […]

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African Literary Digest: 101 Notable Pieces of 2018

AFRICAN LITERARY DIGEST (1)

It was inevitable: compiling a list as monstrous as this would consume time, cause a delay. But here we are. […]

Features 2019/03/20

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Diana Evans Longlisted for the 2019 Rathbones Folio Prize

DIANA EVANS, NOVUYO BOOKS

The Zimbabwean novelist Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and the British-Nigerian novelist Diana Evans have been longlisted for the £30,000 Rathbones Folio […]

Features 2019/03/20

Ben Okri to Headline the 2019 African Book Festival in Berlin, with Ainehi Edoro, Musa Okwonga as Moderators | All the Guests + Key Events

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Ben Okri will headline the 2019 African Book Festival in Berlin, curated by Tsitsi Dangarembga, where panels will be moderated by Brittle […]

Features 2019/03/18

Gerald Kraak Prize Anthology, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Uzodinma Iweala Shortlisted for the 2019 LAMBDA Literary Awards

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Four books by Africans have been shortlisted for the 2019 LAMBDA Literary Awards for literature about LGBTQI+ people. Equatoguinean writer […]

Features 2019/03/18

Praxis Magazine Announces Seven Poetry Chapbooks for Its 2019-20 Publication Series

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Praxis magazine has selected seven poetry chapbooks for its 2019-20 publication series. The announcement, made on its website, included submissions from […]

Features 2019/03/18

Poetry Collective & Press Konya Shamsrumi Gets New Columnist-Bloggers in Tafirenyika, Anena, Grieder, Gatawa, and Sabuke

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The poetry collective and press Konya Shamsrumi (KSR) has announced new columnist-bloggers for its website. They are: Tinashe Tafirenyika, the two-time National Arts Merit […]

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