Submissions Open for the 2015 Children’s Africana Book Awards
Publishers are invited to nominate titles for the 2015 Children’s Africana Book Awards. The Children’s Africana Book Awards are...
Winners of the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes Announced
The 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes for Literature and Illustration received nearly 300 submissions from writers and illustrators across Africa....
The Golden Baobab Prizes Announce 2014 Judges
The Golden Baobab Prize has announced the judges for the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes. Established to inspire the writing...
Kenyan Writer, Shaleen Keshavjee-Gulam, Shortlisted For Golden Baobab Prize
The Golden Baobab Prizes have announced their shortlisted writers for 2014. Established to inspire the writing and publishing of...
They Say I Am: Play At The Michael Joseph Center October 10th
It has been a minute since I was on stage. I have been performing poetry for the last six...
Meet Shaleen Keshavjee: Kenyan Writer Longlisted For Golden Baobab Prize
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. Are you a fulltime writer? Writing has always been my passion and...
Meet Hillary Namunyu: Kenyan Writer Longlisted For Golden Baobab Prize
From left to right: Vuyelwa Maluleke (poet from South Africa), Hillary Namunyu, Liyou Libsekal (poet from Ethiopia) at the...
Meet Aleya Kassam: Kenyan Writer Longlisted For Golden Baobab Prize
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. Are you a full-time writer? I was born and raised in Nairobi,...
2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Open For Submission
Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by Commonwealth Foundation which seeks to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction...
Eight Year Old Ngure Matu Ndiritu Publishes A Book
The Kenyan literature scene has been growing steadily with Kenyan writers being recognized for their work and with quite...