James Murua

IN 2010, Brittle Paper was started by Nigeria-born USA-based academic Ainehi Edoro-Glines as a new voice in an African literary space that was then starting to show itself on the …

BERNARDINE Evaristo was revealed to be new President-elect of the Royal Society of Literature on November 30, 2021. The society also announced its new honours list which features Jamaica Kincaid, Alain Mabanckou, Ngũgĩ wa …

OPE Adedeji, Asiya Gaildon, Tinashe Mushakavanhu,and Refilwe Mafokeng were declared Morland Writing Scholarships 2021 winners on Thursday, November 25, 2021. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as …

BOLA Opaleke’s The Morgue in my Tears is on the longlist for the CBC Poetry Prize 2021 announced on November 11, 2021. The CBC Literary Prize is a Canadian literary award, granted annually …

OBINNA Odenwe was announced the winner of the Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2021 at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday, November 6, 2021. Chinua Achebe is the author …

CHELUCHI Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Obinna Odenwe, and Chukwudi Eze make up the shortlist for the Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2021 announced on November 1, 2021. Chinua Achebe is one of the …

By Mohamed Bakari THIS year’s Nobel Prize for Literature went to Abdulrazak Gurnah, 73-year-old writer and academic, born in Zanzibar and currently residing in England. This choice took many literature …

*’Theme, ‘Generational Discordance’ THE guest list for the Ake Arts & Book Festival 2021, including headliner Abdulrazak Gurnah, features some of the leading names in African literature. The festival runs …

AKINNIMI Akintomiwa Oluwaseun was declared the winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2021 at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on October 3, 2021. The Quramo Writers’ Prize is awarded annually …

JENNY Robson, Fatima Okhousami, and Okpanachi Irene Ojochegbe, are the winners of the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2021. The announcement was made at a ceremony in Thika, Kenya on Saturday, September …