The Caine Prize for African Writing has convened its 19th annual Writers’ Workshop in Stone…
Tag: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Through their entangled stories, Theft becomes more than a tale of love or parental betrayal. It is a sociological portrait of Zanzibar and, by extension, Africa’s coastal societies, where the residues of colonialism still shape personal destinies. The novel situates individual choices within the larger machinery of economic transformation, cultural expectation, and historical memory.
Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best of Caine’ prize, an honorary…
The Best of Caine Award is an honorary accolade recognising the most outstanding winning story from the Prize’s rich 25-year history. This year’s judging panel brings together literary and creative heavyweights: Nobel Laureate Prof. Abdulrazak Gurnah, celebrated Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and acclaimed Ghanaian film producer Tony Tagoe
Abdulrazak Gurnah is set to share his profound insights on colonialism and displacement with students…
The programme for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival has been unveiled showcasing an array of…
The Aficionado Award, a new collaboration between Frankfurter Buchmesse and Torino’s book fair, has been…
Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah will chair the judging panel for the Deborah Rogers Foundation…
Ivorian writer, Veronique Tadjo, will be attending this year’s Ake Arts and Book Festival in…
The 10th edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival with the theme “Homecoming 2022”…
It spans decades. The tales in this novel take us through Zanzibar of the 1970s,…
Writing has always been a pleasure. Even as a boy at school I looked forward…