“Chimurenga” is a word in the Shona language meaning “revolutionary struggle.” It refers to the uprisings by the Ndebele and Shona against the administration by the British South Africa Company duringthelate1890s. In contemporary times it is a publication of arts, culture and politics from and about Africa and its diasporas. You can read more about […]
The Etisalat Prize entered the African literature space last year with a bang last year. The Pan African prize for literature funded by a telecommunications firm was aimed to celebrate African fiction writers debut fiction writers of African descent whose works are published in the last 24 months. The inaugural winner was Noviolet Bulawayo for […]
Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is quite well known to many for her books which include a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water and three novels, Ancestor Stones, The Memory of Love and The Hired Man. The writer has been recognised for her work with her book Memory of Love winning the 2011 […]
A few days ago, the 39 top writers under 40 in Africa were announced to much aplomb. The list was designed to be a snapshot of the African writing space at the moment and I applaud the team for their sterling work. Reading the list however, I noticed that this one was based on work […]
Nigerian writer Chinelo Okparanta is one of the winners of the short fiction 2014 O. Henry Prize. The O Henry Prize was established in 1919 to “strengthen the art of the short story and to stimulate younger authors.” Some of the more well known winners of the prize include Alice Munro who won the Nobel […]
A few weeks ago the Caine Prize hosted one of its annual workshops in Zimbabwe with some of the leading African writers in attendance. They included South African 2008 winner Henrietta Rose-Innes and a host of short listed ones like Lawrence Hoba Abubakar Ibrahim (2013) Elnathan John (2013)and Chinelo Okparanta (2013) . Rounding off the […]
Kenyan author Mwangi Gicheru famous for penning some of the most well known fiction titles in the land of his birth has passed on. His passing was announced today by his publisher Longhorn Publishers who had shepherded some of his works in the Kenyan market from the days when they went by the name Longman […]
Book: Unimportance Author: Thando Mgqolozana Publisher: Jacana Media Year of publication: 2014 Number of pages: 146 South African writer Thando Mgqolozana is well known for his two previous titles A Man Is Not A Man and Hear Me Alone. The first deals with a circumcision of a young man gone bad while the latter is […]
South African writer Zukiswa Wanner’s latest offering London Cape Town Joburg has been in the market for a very short period and has already been received well by the African book market. The author is currently on a tour of the SADC region to introduce readers to her new baby. The first launch of the […]
The people in the running for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 were announced yesterday. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 shortlist includes ; Ikanre, Adelehin Ijasan (Nigeria) All Them Savages, Michelle Sacks (South Africa) Let’s Tell This Story Properly, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda) The East African in the running Jennifer Makumbi is a […]
English
Deutsch