Bola Opaleke makes CBC Poetry Prize 2021 longlist
Bola Opaleke’s The Morgue in my Tears is on the longlist for the CBC Poetry Prize 2021 announced on November […]
Omar El Akkad wins Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021
Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise was declared the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 in Toronto, Canada on […]
Blaise Ndala wins Prix Kourouma 2021 in Geneva.
Blaise Ndala was revealed to be the winner of Prix Kourouma 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland on October 22, 2021. When […]
Writers of African descent finalists on Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2021.
Blaise Ndala, Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe, Bessora, and Emmelie Prophete are finalists of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la […]
Omar El Akkad, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia on Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 longlist.
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and Omar El Akkad are on the longlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 announced on Wednesday, September […]
Canisia Lubrin wins Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, Joseph-S.-Stauffer Prize
Canisia Lubrin has been announced the winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Joseph-S.-Stauffer Prize in literature. […]
Yusef Komunyakaa given Griffin Prize 2021 Lifetime Recognition Award.
Yusef Komunyakaa was given the Griffin Prize 2021 Lifetime Recognition Award on June 23, 2021. The Griffin Poetry Prize is […]
Titilope Sonuga named Edmonton, Canada’s poet laureate.
Titilope Sonuga was named the Poet Laureate of Edmonton, Canada on June 22, 2021. She starts her term on July […]
Canisia Lubrin wins Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2021.
Canisia Lubrin’s poetry collection The Dyzgraphxst was announced the winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize 2021 today, June 23, 2021. […]
Canisia Lubrin, Francesca Ekwuyasi on Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists.
Canisia Lubrin and Francesca Ekwuyasi are on the shortlists of the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Awards 2020 announced on May […]
Canisia Lubrin on Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2021 shortlist.
Canisia Lubrin’s poetry collection The Dyzgraphxst is on the shortlist of the Griffin Poetry Prize 2021 announced on April 14, […]
OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021 shortlist announced.
Maisy Card, Andre Bagoo, and Canisia Lubrin make up the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021 shortlist announced on […]
Writers of African descent on Windham-Campbell Prize 2021 winners list.
There are five writers of African descent on the Windham-Campbell Prize 2021 list announced on March 22, 2021. The Windham-Campbell […]
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21.
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek was announced a Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow 2020-21 on November 30, 2020. The Jack and […]
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is Simon Fraser University Writer-in-Residence 2020/21.
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence 2020-2021 at the Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, […]