On Saturday, Penguin Books announced the two inaugural winners of the Penguin Prize for African Writing, though neither of the African writers honored currently live in Africa. The non-fiction winner ...

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African Liberty, a platform that promotes civil discussions on the continent, has announced the opening of applications for its 2026–2027 writing fellowship. The fellowship is a 12-month programme ...

This year’s AKO Caine prize for African writing has gone to Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo for her short story Five Years Next Sunday, which was described as “incandescent” by the judges. Okey Ndibe, the ...

Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University Ekpuk’s work challenges popular ...

Creative writer, publisher, and playwright Benison Christopher discusses her work amplifying African and diaspora storytellers, integrating literary passion with a mission for cultural preservation.

East African Educational Publishers staff display books Authored by he late Proffesor Ngugi Wa Thiongo at the taifa hall , University of Nairobi on 20th June 2025 [David Gichuru, Standard] Sometime ...

"Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda, 11-17 June, 1962." "Makerere College - Kampala, Uganda"--Added title page. Cover title. AFA copy 39088009748310 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution ...

Umar Turaki, novelist, filmmaker, script editor and screenwriter, is the author of ‘Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold’, his first novel which examines grief through uncommon lens. In this interview ...