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Features, Lit Scene, News 2018/10/30

Jalada Announces New Leadership for 2018 to 2020

Jalada Africa has announced a new leadership. The Nairobi-based pan-African writers’ collective has been led by Moses Kilolo since 2014, and has now appointed Wanjeri Gakuru as its new managing editor until 2020. Other new officials of the collective include Kate Hampton as Deputy Managing Editor, Marziya Mohammedali as Arts Editor, Richard Ali as Board Secretary, and Mwas Mahugu as Treasurer. Jalada Africa […]

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Features, Lit Scene, News 2017/06/30

Ethnic Hate Speech: Statement from Concerned Nigerian Writers

In the light of recent developments in the ever-volatile Nigerian political space, 27 writers, some of them among the best-known in the country, have put out a joint statement condemning hate speech across ethnic lines. * We, the undersigned Nigerian writers, view with grave concern the dominance of ethnic incendiary speech in our country. We […]

Leila Aboulela Headlines 2017 Kaduna Book and Arts Festival

Hold on, Ake Festival. KABAFEST is here! Yes, we are delighted to announce the inaugural edition of the Kaduna Book & Arts Festival (KABAFEST). It will take place on 5-8 July 2017 at the Gusau Institute in Kaduna State. The government of Kaduna State, the Book Buzz Foundation, and the Gusau Institute are joining hands […]

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Lit Scene, News 2017/01/16

Rwanda’s Huza Press Prize for Fiction Releases Longlist

The longlist for Rwanda’s 2016 Huza Press Prize for Fiction is out, and there are twenty writers on it. The short stories features are written in both English and French. The US$1,000 Huza Press Prize, described by James Murua as “Rwanda’s most prestigious,” is in its second year and has on its roll call of […]

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Features 2016/09/28

The 2016 NLNG Prize Shortlist is a Win for Nigerian Publishers

Each passing day brings us closer to finding out who will win Africa’s richest prize. 173 authors initially submitted their work for a chance to win the 100,000 dollar NLNG Prize for Literature. Under the review of a panel of judges led by Prof. Dan Izevbaye, 11 authors survived the first round of selection. The longlist has been […]

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Features, Lit Scene 2016/01/21

My Experience at the ANA/Yusuf Ali Creative Writing Workshop | by Tochukwu Okafor

I’d sent in my application months before. It was an excerpt about a houseboy taken away from his parents to live with a wicked Madam in Lagos. In it, I sought to critique a society where house-helps were perceived as lesser human beings, one in which the idea that all-house-helps-are-evil-and-deserve-serious-beatings is conventional. Few weeks later, […]

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Features 2015/10/21

ANA Rolls Out Workshop for Aspiring Writers in Nigerian Universities

The Association of Nigerian Authors has always provide opportunities for training to aspiring writers. The ANA/Yusuf Ali Creative Writing Workshop—targeted at university students— is one of its most recent initiatives. “Twenty students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria, who have the potential to be fine writers, have been selected from nearly a hundred entries received during the submissions […]

Sudanese Writers Union Banned | Read Solidarity Message from Nigerian Authors

African writers are standing up for each other. In a statement issued this morning, the Association of Nigerian Authors condemned the recent banning of the Sudanese Writers Union by the government. Read the the statement below: Statement by ANA: In Support of Sudanese Writers Union On the 29th of January, 2015 the Government of the Republic of […]

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