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Last week in Amsterdam, six individuals and an organization, including Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkina Faso and L’Art Rue art organization of Tunisia were presented with the 2017 Prince Claus Awards for their various outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development by His Royal Highness, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands. While the Principal Prince Claus Awards jointly went to filmmaker and indigenous activist, Vince Carelli of Brazil and new media designer and environmentalist, Ma Jun of China, Prince Claus Awards were received by a documentary filmmaker, Khadija Al-Salami of Yemen, L’Art Rue of Public art association (Tunisia), Scientist and environmentalist, Brigitte Baptiste of Colombia, Visual artist, Amar Kanwar of India and Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso.   Arc. Diebedo Francis Kere Presenting the award on December 6, 2017, at the Royal Palace Amsterdam, His Royal Highness, Prince Constantijn who is also the Honorar...

The New Man Movement is a collection of young minds dedicated to the promotion of writing among youths. It runs a yearly writing contest which is in its 3 rd year. It is targeted at promoting literature among students of secondary schools in Nigeria by exploring the untapped creativity in them and promoting the Unity of the African continent. The 3 rd edition to be held in 2018 will be hosted to honour H.RM. Oba Adedokun Abolarin Omoniyi Aroyinkeke 1, the Orangun of Oke-Ila orangun, Osun State, Nigeria. The modalities for submission is as follows: 1.       Entry is Free 2.       The contest is open to ALL STUDENTS of secondary schools in Africa. 3.       The submission should be no less than 100 words and the biography of the writer contained below the body. 4.       Length of Submissions. a.        PROSE: Maximum of 8000 words. b...

Short Story Day Africa has released a long list of 21 writers from which three winners will be named early next year. The list cut across writers from the African continent whose entries were received for the 2017 edition of the $1000 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction. Those shortlisted are: 1. 'Limbo' by Innocent Ilo - Nigeria 2. ‘All Our Lives’ by Okafor Tochukwu - Nigeria 3. ‘Borrowed by the Wind’ by David Medalie - South Africa 4. ‘God Skin’ by Michael Yee - South Africa 5. 'Who We Were Then, Who We Are Now' by Nadu Ologoudou - Benin 6. 'Plums' by Kharys Laue - South Africa 7. 'Waiting' by Harriet Anena - Uganda 8. 'The Piano Player' by Agazit Abate - Ethiopia 9. 'A Brief Eruption Of Madness' by Eric Essono Tsimi - Cameroon 10. 'When the War Came Home' by Heran Abate - Ethiopia 11. 'Ibinabo' by Michael Agugom - Nigeria 12. 'Fever' by Alithnayn Abdulkareem - Nige...

AMAB Book Publishers and the Arts-Muse Fair News Blog are hosting Dr. Ibraheem Dooba to a book reading and chat. Ibraheem Dooba is the author of Rhymes From Africa, a new poetry collection published last month. Employing rhymes and pictures, poems in the book deal with love, intellection, and societal mores while celebrating African values and the continent’s beautiful flora and fauna. The book reading and signing will hold on Saturday 16 December at AMAB Bookshop, No1. Himma School Road, beside NNPC Mega station, Western by-pass, Minna, Niger state. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the occasion. The chat will be moderated by Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmed of the Dept. of English and Literary studies, ABU Zaria with BM Dzukogi as the Discussant. The event is open to the public. Ibraheem Dooba, Ph.D, is an Educator, Data scientist and newspaper columnist. He is the author of two other books, Muslim Scientist: A conversation with builders of modern Sci...

Entries are welcomed from Short writers in Africa for the 2018 Writivism Short Story Prize. It is worthy of note that Witivism has been promoting African Literature since 2012. Consequently, the Writivism Short Story Prize is an annual award for emerging African writers administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and, as of 2018, sponsored by The Story Club, Malawi. Now in its sixth year, the prize has supported literary careers for hundreds of emerging African writers. Submission Guidelines: 1.           Entrants must be unpublished writers, resident in an African country. One is deemed published if they have a book of their own. Any questions of eligibility shall be resolved by the CACE administration and their decision is final. 2.           All entries must be in English or French, and 2,500 – 3,500 words long. Entries should be attached in Microsoft Word ...

Poets in Nigeria (PIN) has released the shortlist for the 4th edition of PIN Food Poetry Contest. A statement by Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom, the moderator of the contest, listed ten shortlisted poems from the 228 entries received. Poems were assessed based on thematic relevance, aptness of language and originality.  Poems on the short list :  • Friendship – Ifeanacho MaryAnn U. • Ikokore (water yam porridge) – Oyin S. Oludipe • A Little – Onyeka Ajah   • Irinajo (A journey) – Omípidán Teslim Opemipo  • Give Me Yam – Helen Hembadoon Gyigya • Song Of The Hungry – Adekunle Titus Adeolu • Two Skies Stuck In My Father’s Throat – Jonathan Endurance • How We Mourned Grandmother – Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau • Ofe Owerri – Moses Chibueze Opara • Our Lives Have Become Like Tea and Coffee – Nome Patt Emeka Three wining poems will be announced on Sunday 10th December, 2017. Winners will earn cash prizes totaling  ₦ 50,000. PIN President, E...

To close its 2017 Literary Crossroads series,  the Goethe Institut, Nigeria will host conversations with Prof. Niyi Osundare on Friday, December 15, 2017 at the its office located on the 4th Floor, City Hall, Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island, starting 5pm.  Prof. Niyi Osundare is amongst Africa’s most renowned poets, scholars, and public intellectuals. He earned his B.A. (with Honours) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; M.A. from the University of Leeds, UK, and Ph.D. from York University in Toronto, Canada. A playwright, essayist, public intellectual, and professor of English, Niyi Osundare has authored 19 books of poetry, two books of selected poems, four plays, two books of essays, and numerous monographs, scholarly articles and reviews.  The Goethe Institut’s Literary Crossroads series brings together African writers on the continent and from the Diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in Literature. The Prof. Niyi Osundare sessi...