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UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL: APPLY TO THE EVERLIT SOCIETY’S CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL: APPLY TO THE EVERLIT SOCIETY’S CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Mar 7, 2025 | Gist Corner

The EverLit Society, a vibrant community of creatives dedicated to driving positive social, political, and cultural transformations, is thrilled to announce its inaugural creative writing workshop. This two-week intensive program is designed specifically for fiction...
Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Caleb Azumah Nelson Snag 2024 Dylan Thomas Longlist

Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Caleb Azumah Nelson Snag 2024 Dylan Thomas Longlist

by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner

The Dylan Thomas Prize is back this year again and two sterling African writers have made its longlist: Ayòbámi Adébáyò for A Spell of Good Things; and Caleb Azumah Nelson for Small Worlds. Ayòbámi Adébáyò was previously longlisted in 2018 for her debut Stay With Me...
5 African Authors Featured On Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2023

5 African Authors Featured On Dublin Literary Award Longlist 2023

by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner

Top: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Sharon Dodua Otoo Bottom:Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mia Couto, Chidi Ebere Novels by five African authors are among the 70 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. They are: Chidi Ebere for Now I Am...
Arinze Ifeakandu and Eloghosa Osunde on 2023 MOaD African Literary Award Shortlist

Arinze Ifeakandu and Eloghosa Osunde on 2023 MOaD African Literary Award Shortlist

by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Nov 13, 2023 | Gist Corner

The Museum of the African Diaspora has unveiled the shortlist of their literary prize for this year. The shortlist showcases an array of brilliant voices: -Meron Hadero, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories (Restless Books 2022) -Arinze Ifeakandu, God’s...
LONGLIST FOR SEVHAGE LITERARY PRIZES, 2023

LONGLIST FOR SEVHAGE LITERARY PRIZES, 2023

by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Nov 2, 2023 | Gist Corner

The longlist for 2023 Sevhage Literary Prizes has been announced and it is a cast with eclectic wonders. The organizers describe it as “..a testament to the resplendent literary future of our continent.” The longlist across all categories include: E.E. SULE/SEVHAGE...
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