The fourth edition of the biennial gathering of writers, poets, literary academics and theorists from the continent kicks off between 9th – 16th December, 2012… Titled Conversations With The Horn: Writers, Artists In Exchange, this year’s festival will host Somali poet Hadraawi, Sudanese-English novelist Jamal Mahjoub & Eritrean writer and historian Alemseged Tesfai to share […]
Kwani Trust
The Kwani? Manuscript Project calls for submissions
For at least 60 years the African novel has deconstructed, and even transversed, ideas and imaginaries of self, culture, society and nation across the continent. A self-reflexive continuum, shifting chameleon-like; a receptacle of letters, morphing through the cry of the griot, everyman’s diatribe, madman’s claim of truth or the politician’s manic address. An oracle. It […]
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Le 1er « Kwani? manuscript project » pour la promotion du roman africain
« Kwani ? manuscript project : Call for Submissions » Le « Kwani ? manuscript project » vient d’être lancé. Ce prix littéraire a pour objectif de célébrer la richesse et la capacité de résilience du roman africain. Le prix Kwani ? est soutenu par la Kwani Trust, réseau littéraire kenyan fondé en 2003, qui œuvre […]