by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 22, 2021 | Gist Corner
Egyptian author and activist Nawal El-Saadawi has passed away at the age of 89 after battling a health crisis that had her hospitalized. She died on March 21, 2021. Saadawi is well known for her novel Woman at Point Zero which was published in 1975 and translated in...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 19, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award seeks to commemorate the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founding President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for his role in “promoting national unity and development.” Each year, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award committee awards...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 18, 2021 | Gist Corner
Sefi Atta’s 2010 novel, Swallow, has been adapted into film which is being directed by Kunle Afolayan. In an interview with Ben Amadasun, Netflix’s director of content for Africa, Kunle said that he has concluded a principal photography for Sefi Atta’s Swallow....
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 18, 2021 | Gist Corner
A new anthology of erotic tales features stories by Helen Oyeyemi and Chigozie Obioma. The anthology, Anonymous Sex, is compiled by Mudbound author Hillary Jordan and Sarong Party Girls author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan. It will be published by Borough Press in February 2022....
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 17, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature was founded in 2014 by Dr. Lizzy Attree and Dr. Mukoma Wa Ngugi to “express [the] goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages.” Now in...
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