Read @SugoErica's short story, 'How to Marry an African President', shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, and most recently, the 2020 AKO @CainePrize for African Writing.
https://t.co/tLjXbIDpFU
Be part of @IrenosenOkojie's digital launch of the paperback of #Nudibranch as we celebrate her book together. Irenosen will be in conversation with publisher @SharLovegrove and we're all invited. Get it in the diary! https://t.co/rftXPacOaK
🗣️ This year, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, we're moving to online submissions for the 2021 Prize edition. Please send your stories submissions for the AKO @CainePrize 2021 to *[email protected]*.
Looking forward to reading your works! 🙌🏿📚
Tsitsi Dangarembga @efie41209591 spoke to @nytimes about her writing, story and beliefs. Stunning words from the author of "This Mournable Body”, shortlisted for the this year's Booker Prize.
*J-3* until the winner announcement... stay tuned! & read on 👇🏿
https://t.co/vhHIfOqpaY
Huge congratulations to one of this year's AKO @CainePrize shorlistees @remythequill for an exciting shortlisting for the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship! 👇🏿📚🎉
𝗛𝗔𝗚 🍄✨
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱
This gorgeous little book includes Ten little known British folktales, retold with a modern and feminist twist by ten fabulous female writers.
Read my review: ⤵️
https://t.co/lJ7CgklRg7
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👇🏿The AKO @CainePrize 2020 winner @IrenosenOkojie's collection Nudibranch, including her winning story 'Grace Jones' was included in the @thebookseller's Literary Short Story Preview. Congratulations! 📚
Part 2 of Thandiwe Muriu’s Camo series “Celebrates our hair, reimagining traditional African hairstyles as the crowns of beauty we ought to treasure them as.”
The fact that my parents are richer than I am is a source of anguish for me. How am I supposed to bury them well when they die kwanu?
See, I'm doing final edits for my agent. Y'all need to buy the hell out of this book (and subsequent others) when it's published. Biko. E jo.
Colorism, whitewashing & appropriation worsened over the years and helped drive the capitalist machine in entertainment. Black people who were put in certain positions cared more about their sit at the white table than the collective & corrective representation of black people.