African Writers Conference

The month of November heralded the arrival of guests into the beautiful city of Douala in Cameroon for the 5th African Writers Conference. This year’s conference was themed: Writing Africa [...]

We are pleased to announce the Shortlist for the following awards: 2022 African Writers Awards (AWA) 4th Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature 1st African Teen Writers Awards We would like [...]

Photo credit: Fatima Alloo The 2021 African Writers Conference was a 2-day event that ran from 8th to 9th of October in partnership with Alliance Française of Dar Es Salaam and the Department of [...]

The three 13-year-olds, Bessie, Khulekani and Turnaya asked the Queen to give them the same bed-chamber. Right now if they followed her generosity to split up in such a big castle with countless [...]

It all began during the holidays many years ago after a visit to his auntie’s place. Being a hard-working boy, Denis had helped in doing household chores and his aunt in appreciation had given [...]

Tito’s birthday is in two weeks and he’s yet to come up with a theme for the party. He walks to the living room and asks his parents “Mum, Dad, what kind of party should I have for my birthday, [...]