PAWA, Rabat to hold Pan-African Literary Summit in 2027
The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) will collaborate with Rabat, Morocco, the 2026 UNESCO World Book Capital, to promote African ...
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As celebrated novelist Bina Nengi-Ilagha turns a year older…
Bina Nengi-Ilagha ranks as the first female novelist from Bayelsa State. Her first novel entitled, Condolences, won the Association of ...
How ANA, Presidency, PAWA honoured Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan at 80
The 80th birthday of Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most distinguished playwrights, poets, scholars and intellectuals, was marked ...
PAWA mourns renowned Togolese writer Koffi Gomez
The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) has expressed condolences to the President and members of the Togolese Writers Association over ...
Beyond Aesthetics: What Does African Society Expect from Its Poets?
Topic: Beyond Aesthetics: What Does African Society Expect from Its Poets? Date: Saturday, 26 September 2026 Time: 4:30 p.m. – ...
Afreximbank unveils jury for 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing
The CANEX Book Factory, a publishing incubator under the Creative African Nexus (CANEX) Programme of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), ...
United Nigeria Airlines pledges N20m to fund Chinua Achebe Prize for Fiction for 10 years
United Nigeria Airlines has pledged N20 million to sponsor the annual Chinua Achebe Prize for Fiction, administered by the Association ...
Authors’ Hub to host panel discussion on future of African publishing July 25
ABUJA — Authors' Hub, a Nigerian writer' collective, has announced the 15th edition of its monthly panel discussion, with leading ...
In Memory of Lenrie Peters – a Surgeon of the Body, a Surgeon of the Word: Seventeenth Anniversary Tribute
Seventeen years ago, The Gambia lost one of its quiet giants. Not a man of slogans or spectacle, but a ...
ANA mourns demise of literary icon Kalu Uka at 88
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has mourned the passing of Emeritus Professor Kalu Uka, a towering figure in Nigerian ...