Exploring African Literature
Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang are the Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists,…
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2018 winners were announced with Tunisian Néji Elounelli, Moroccan Mohammad Mishbal, Egyptian Ahmad Al Qarmalawi featuring. The Sheikh Zayed Book…
View More Three Africans on list of Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2018 winners
Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik who wrote more than 200 novels died Monday April 3, 2018. The popular author died in the northern city of…
View More Egyptian novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik has passed on
The Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 shortlist was announced on March 12, 2018 with eight poets making the cut from the hundreds submitted. The Brunel…
View More Eight poets make Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 shortlist
The Casablanca International Book Fair 2018 is set be hosted in the Moroccan capital from February 8-18, 2018. This year the guest of honour country…
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Egyptian high-profile novelist, journalist, and scenarist Sabri Moussa passed away after a battle with disease، at the age of 89 on January 18, 2018. Sabri…
View More Egyptian Novelist Sabri Moussa has passed on
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction announced the longlist of 16 novels for the 2018 Prize on Wednesday 17 January 2018 with five Africans in…
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The winners of the Sawiris Cultural Awards 2017 were announced at a ceremony at the Main Hall of Egypt’s Cairo Opera House on January 8,…
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Poet, short-story writer, and novelist Huzama Habayeb is the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2017 for her novel Velvet. Naguib Mahfouz was…
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Six writers and their mentors are currently at the ninth annual writers’ workshop hosted by the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. They range in age…
View More Sahar Al Mougy, Mohanned Al Dabi at International Prize for Arabic Fiction Writers Workshop
Legendary Egyptian Novelist and Publisher Mekkawi Said has passed on. His first book was a collection of short stories, Running after Light, was published in…
View More Egyptian Novelist and Publisher Mekkawi Said has passed on
There are five African authors on the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2017 Longlist which was announced on November 7, 2017. They are Mahmoud al-Werwary, Ezzat…
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The University of Iowa has announced the next group of participants in the 2017 edition of its legendary writing residency. The University of Iowa International…
View More Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Panashe Chigumadzi for University of Iowa Writing Residency
Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from ten African countries. Every year…
View More Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology
Libya’s Najwa Binshatwan and Egyptian author Mohammed Abdel Nabi are on the shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2017. Mohammed Hasan Alwan, Najwa Binshatwan,…
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