by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
Eritrean-Ethiopian writer Sulaiman Addonia announced view Twitter that he has received the 2021 Golden Afro Artistic Awards. The awarded was founded in 2016 by Nel Tsopo Nziemi, the editor-in-chief of Brukmer. The awards aim at showcasing Afro-descendent and African...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
Afritondo has announced the judges for the 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize. The prize, which is themed “Spirituality,” will be judged by Pemi Aguda (Chair, Nigeria), Masande Ntshanga (South Africa), and Natasha Omokhodion-Banda (Zambia). Now in its third year,...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
Tanzanian writer Euphrase Kezilahabi is one of the few writes that received a translation grant from PEN America. Kezilahabi’s novel, Rosa Mistika, was translated from Swahili to English by the American academic and translator, Jay Rubin. The PEN/Heim Translation...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 28, 2021 | Gist Corner
The North Star Award is the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s highest honor, “celebrating an individual whose career exemplifies achievement and inspiration to others in the field of literature.” This year’s prize will be awarded to the award-winning author and feminist,...
by Tutu Adedoyin | Sep 24, 2021 | Nonfiction, Prose
I am surrounded with friends who love me, but I still feel trapped by this lonely feeling. The mind is like that person who doesn’t want you, but doesn’t want you to be with others. It wraps you up in a cocoon of worry that you become blinded to the love and care...
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