Nigeria’s Farafina Books: Publishing By Africans for Africans
• Established in 2004, Farafina Books has become one of Nigeria’s leading independent literary publishers. With 24 titles on its list — including the work of ...
View ArticleAdditional Publishers, Caine Prize Partners with Worldreader
Worldreader, which gives e-readers and e-books to children in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, has added several new publishers and partnered with the Caine Prize.
View ArticleCaine Prize Anthology Opens Window On Amazing African Lit
African Violet and Other Stories showcases the winning and shortlisted stories for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing and shows off a dynamic range.
View ArticleKenyan Writer “Comes Out” In Protest of Anti-Gay Laws
Kenya's Binyavanga Wainaina declared his homosexuality in a new short story to protest the passage of strict new anti-gay laws in Uganda and Nigeria.
View ArticleOn the Challenges of Publishing in Zimbabwe
Jane Morris, co-founder of amaBooks, spoke with Fungai Machirori of fungaineni.com about the challenges of publishing in Zimbabwe today.
View ArticleOkwiri Oduor Wins 15th Caine Prize for African Writing
Kenyan Okwiri Oduor has won the 15th Caine Prize for African Writing, often described as Africa’s leading literary award.
View ArticleAfrican Short Stories: Shortlist for 17th Caine Prize Announced
The winner of the £10,000 Caine Prize will be announced at an award ceremony and dinner at the Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, on July 4. The post African Short Stories: Shortlist for 17th...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Lidudumalingani Wins Caine Prize
Honored for a short story that 'leaves the reader full of sympathy and wonder at the plight of its protagonists,' the Cape Town-based LIdudumalingali says he's interested in seeing that we 'not try to...
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