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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 [...]

On behalf of the panel of judges, I present the winners of the African Writers Awards (AWA), the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature, and the African Teen Writers Awards. The awards were [...]

The Kenya chapter of Writers Space Africa (WSA) has opened its first physical office space in the country’s capital. Located in Langata’s Moi estate along Kanga Road, Nairobi, the [...]

‘Where are you from?’ is a simple enough question to answer but for me, a Zimbabwean woman living in a different country, it can produce 3 different answers namely my current place, my birthplace [...]

The Gambian chapter of Writers Space Africa has published an anthology of poems titled, ‘Storms Don’t Last Forever’. This anthology focuses on several issues affecting African societies. [...]

The Write & Sip Writer-2-Writer Poetry mentorship programme of the Cameroon chapter of Writers Space Africa was held on Saturday, 9th July, at Quartier Mozart in Yaounde, Cameroon. This was [...]

Writers Space Africa (Ghana), a chapter of the Writers Space Foundation, has published a biannual magazine called Awens3m, which literally translates as ‘woven words.’ Ghana is one of [...]

Writers Space Africa (Lesotho Chapter) has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Global Fund for Children (GFC) to run a National High School Debate in the Kingdom of Lesotho. This project will run [...]

I will not need to wield a pen like William Shakespeare or scream at the top of my lungs at the summit, before I can tell you that in my part of the world, people are moulded with loamy soil as [...]

Two winners in this year’s African Teen Writers Awards will receive $100 each. This is courtesy of a lifetime sponsorship commitment from award-winning Tanzanian writer Nahida Esmail. Speaking on [...]