Theme: Innovation Deadline June 1, 2013 From BN site: “As we celebrate the 5th and final BN Poetry Award for Uganda, the theme of Innovation is most suitable because 2013 is about originality, modernization, freshness and in 2014, we’re taking the award to an international level. Guidelines for the award: […]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Written by Davina Kawuma By today’s standards, I wasted my teenage years. Consequently, I am filled with spite and resent today’s teenagers (who win Olympic gold medals, transform themselves into whatchamacallit-preneurs, and develop mobile apps during their lunch breaks). When I say ‘wasted’, I don’t mean that the thirteen […]
E. E. SULE (Nigeria) takes the Africa prize for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize, while Julian Jackson (South Africa) wins the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Africa Region.
Northeast Review invites writers and readers to send fiction, poetry, features, critical essays, translations, book reviews and illustrations… Northeast Review is open to submissions from all over the world, but particularly welcomes submissions that relate to any aspect of the literature of any of the regions within the Northeast […]
The Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) focuses on young people using the arts and other cultural aspects like language to express and engage in discourse in Africa. Among the CACE projects is WriTivism, which targets young writers and readers, and has been running since October 2012. CACE will be […]
“Gatherings like these help us to know each other and keep Africa writing,” Jack Mapanje said.“We should not separate ourselves, we should not be discriminatory, and we should continue working for the good of each other.” He said the best of writers “represent the conscience and memory of their generation,” […]
More pictures to make you want not to miss our next gathering. Workshop pics continued: Uganda International Writers Conference, 7th–9th March, 2013. VENUE: Imperial Golf View Hotel, Entebbe. Followed by Launch of Kwani? Graduation ceremony of the mentees (with The British Council). Monday 11th March, 2013. Venue: Sheraton Kampala Hotel. […]
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Pictures of the Uganda International Writers Conference, 7th–9th March, 2013. VENUE: Imperial Golf View Hotel, Entebbe Public Reading with visiting writers: James Dwalu (Liberia), Shadreck Chikoti (Malawi), Jack Mapanje (UK-Malawi), Nii Parkes (UK, Ghana) Alphonse Muambi (DR-Congo/ Netherlands), Billy Kahora (Kenya), and Rais Boneza (Congo/Norway). Venue: Alfredo’z Dine Out, Bukoto (near […]