Africa Writing Inst

A new literary organisation that supports the development of writers and writing throughout Africa.

[Africa Writing Inst @Mawazo_Write]

Arts hour on tour in Jo'burg @nikkibedi @bbcarts @bbcartsshow with writer Yewande Omotoso, film maker Jahmil X T Qubeka, comedian Tsitsi Chiumya, theatre director Clara Vaughan & blue haired singing sensation Moonchild Sanelly.
https://t.co/06pcvGh9pi

[Africa Writing Inst @Mawazo_Write]

@BlueBirdTail @Dmacviban Anytime Between June - December 2019?

[Ayikwei Dilla / Nii Ayikwei Parkes @BlueBirdTail]

So, I'm open for visiting teaching positions in #CreativeWriting that do not involve Feb-June. If you hear of something let me know. Most of my ex-students say I'm a half-decent teacher. I have paid nobody!

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

LUSAKA-based writers and fans, this event will be happening on Sunday as part of our #CWprize Southern Africa craft development workshops. Come along to hear from new writers, past judges, and Prize organisers.

[Hilda J. Twongyeirwe @twongye]

And then this happened! Acclaimed Editor; Ellah Wakatama Alfrey, will grace Book market with a Q&A, Live at Uganda Museum this Saturday! With her will be The Indigo Press Publications. @epwa66 @PressIndigoThe @Writivism @BBCAfrica @SoooManyStories @jkkarungi @ahpetite @ntvuganda

[Afrikult @Afrikult]

Richard Oduor Oduku, founder of @JaladaAfrica, a post-cynical humanist, a researcher, writer, editor and poet published widely and longlisted for the 2015 BSFA Awards, and shortlisted for the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Read more: https://t.co/Z1fNLZDKGy

[Africa Writing Inst @Mawazo_Write]

@OkeyNdibe where is the website? There is only an editorial message at that link.

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

"I tell her that home is my body and, though it can betray me, knowing it belongs to me alone is enough." Ope Adedeji on her search for certainty in Kampala: https://t.co/Y2QZwiH4ZR via @CatapultStory

[Booked! Children's Library @SoooManyStories]

Kampala Book Market is on again this Saturday. We will be there. See you?

#SaveTheDate

[Africa Writing Inst @Mawazo_Write]

30 Years After Her Acclaimed Debut, a Zimbabwean Novelist Returns to Her Heroine in a Sequel https://t.co/FzH9bBqHrH

[Africa Writing Inst @Mawazo_Write]

Get writing people!!

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

The 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open for submissions.

Submit your story at https://t.co/GyWPzgzgQy

#CWprize #Writing #Competition

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

Kenyan poet and novelist Peter Kimani speaks to Wasafiri about his novel Dance of the Jakaranda https://t.co/wHi6ALrbcd

[Hilda J. Twongyeirwe @twongye]

Doing what u love is key in keeping u fired up. My humble appreciation to all teammates who hv bn part of this journey. Thank u to other literary initiatives which make the fireplace warner! @ugwomenwriters @SoooManyStories @awdf01 @acfode @Writivism @BobKisiki @DKahyana

[AMLA Network @AMLANetwork]

🌑 A M L A F E L L O W S ' 1 8

Here are Africa's literary festival curators, digital magazine editors, book agents, bookstore curators, editing curators, writing retreats facilitators.

Here is the new generation that is going to ascend African storytelling and literature!

[Chapter Four Uganda @chapterfourug]

What is the role of art and music in promoting and protecting freedoms in Uganda? Join us today evening for this conversation.

#ArtForChange #Writivism2018

[Kofi Annan @KofiAnnan]

It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness...

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

David Kaiza: “My work is a discussion about discourse... the archives alphabet been suppressed but Kampala’s city planning that speaks for itself.”
#klaart18
#writivism2018

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

David Kaiza: “what we find is actually that Kampala city is most hostile to the people who are from here. You’ll find worship places for foreign religions but not for indigenous African religions.”
#klaart18
#writivism2018

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

David Kaiza: “there is an intercourse between knowledge and power. When we go to university are we gaining knowledge or are we putting ourselves in the position to obtain power?”
#klaart18
#writivism2018

[2023 Writivism Prizes @Writivism]

Karis Upton: "I'm navigating marginal spaces in making the work. In Kampala this is because I'm a Brit and of a ighter skintone. This makes it sometimes easier and sometime harder to hold conversations for my projetc." #KLAART18 #writivism2018