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Literary Treatise | On Contemporary African Writers And Their Choices Of Themes

African literature has really come a long way, with a new crop of contemporary African writers emerging on both the African and global literary scene. From Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe setting the pace to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ben Okri following up to Yaa Gyasi, NoViolet Bulawayo, Uzodinma Iweala, Chigozie Obioma, Taiye Selasi and...

Up To $250 Up For Grabs At The Africa Book Club Short story competition

Are you an African writer? Do you have a story that is set in or about Africa? Africa Book Club is seeking submissions for the Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition. Entries from writers across the continent and the Diaspora are welcome. Stories from non-African nationals are also welcome provided the stories are contextually set...

THE 2016 MORLAND WRITING SCHOLARSHIP FOR AFRICAN WRITERS IS ACCEPTING  ENTRIES

The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2016 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers opened for entries on Thursday 30th June. The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st October 2016. The Morland Writing Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in...

Theophilus Enemali is an award-winning essayist at the maiden edition of Kogi State Undergraduate Essay Competition. He Studied English and Literary Studies at Kogi State University, where he was adjudged the most intelligent student in his class. He is a teacher, a novelist, a short story writer and a broadcast journalist. His debut novel is...