This interview is By Nyasili Atetwe — Inkindi Muctar is a 24-year-old Rwandan poet and spoken-word artist who goes by the stage name The_Real_Poet. His art focuses on love, peace, and mental health, and he believes that art is a [...]

In this edition, Liza Chuma Akunyili speaks with Chipo Chama. He is a Zambian creative who strongly believes writing is the best way to preserve and communicate the present to the future generations to come. ‘If you don’t write it, time will [...]

Lise Nova Berwadushime interviews Mimi Machakaire, the Zimbabwean-born writer, journalist and publisher. Lise asks 9 questions which highlights Mimi’s journey through her creative writing career and motherhood.   [...]

Divine Okpe, the 16-year-old winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Prize (Prose), converses with Lise Nova Berwadushime about her writing journey and creative inspirations.   ————-   Lise: It’s my pleasure to [...]

In this edition, Lise Nova Berwadushime interviewed Grace Tendo from Uganda. Grace is the 2nd runner-up in the 2023 Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature   ————-   Lise: It is my pleasure to have you, [...]

In this edition, Lise Nova Berwadushime interviewed Adedokun Ibrahim, the winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Award (Poetry).   ————-   Lise: Hello, Ibrahim, it’s my pleasure to have you today. Please tell [...]

In this edition, Lise Nova Berwadushime interviewed Lindsay Katchika-Jere, the first runner-up of the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature 2023.   ————-   Lise: Hello, Lindsay, it’s a pleasure to have [...]

In this edition, Lise Nova Berwadushime (Rwanda) talked with Chantelle Chiwetalu, the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature 2023 winner.   ————-   Lise: It’s a pleasure to have you, Chantelle. How would [...]

  This interview is By Nyasili Atetwe —   Your name is fascinating – Gankhanani Moyo. What does it mean in your language? I have always had a challenge telling people what my name really means. First, let me state that my [...]

  This interview is By Nyasili Atetwe —   Who is Scholastica Moraa? Do you have a pen name? I am a mother. A poet with three titles. A short story writer. A lover of all things, most of all, literature. Although I am an Actuarial [...]

      This interview is By Nyasili Atetwe —   Who is Liza Chuma Akunyili? What’s the one thing nobody knows about you? Liza is a girl (that’s my favourite definition in recent times in a world where pressure never stops [...]

In this interview, Lise Nova Berwadushime (Rwanda) engaged in a conversation with Marial Matueny Awendit from South Sudan. He is the winner of the $500 prize for the 2023 African Writers Award for poetry.   ————- [...]