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Appel à Soumission pour le Programme de Mentorat d’Ecriture Fictive de Writivism 2017

January 19, 2017

L’initiative littéraire Writivism est heureuse d’annoncer que son programme de mentorat en ligne 2017 est ouvert pour les soumissions.  Writivism qui est un projet du Centre for African Cultural Excellence, identifie, accompagne, publie et promeut les écrivains africains en début de carrière résidant sur le continent africain. Actuellement dans sa 5e année, le programme Writivism … More Appel à Soumission pour le Programme de Mentorat d’Ecriture Fictive de Writivism 2017

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Writivism 2017 Creative Writing Mentoring

January 19, 2017

Writivism Literary Initiative is pleased to announce that our 2017 online Mentoring Programme is now open for applications. A project of the Centre for African Cultural Excellence, Writivism identifies, mentors, publishes and promotes emerging African writers resident in any country on the African continent. Now, in its fifth year, the Writivism programme provides online mentoring to … More CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Writivism 2017 Creative Writing Mentoring

I Feel Everything: Pemi Aguda on the inaugural Writivism Residency at Stellenbosch

October 12, 2016

At the airport on my way out of Lagos to South Africa, the boisterous man beside me was having a loud conversation on the phone. He spoke loudly and made eye contact with me, actions that made me suspect it was both private conversation and public entertainment – our entertainment. His conversation meandered but at … More I Feel Everything: Pemi Aguda on the inaugural Writivism Residency at Stellenbosch

INTERIM STATEMENT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST REDSCAR MCODINDO K’OYUGI

October 11, 2016

On Saturday October 8, 2016, the Writivism management learnt with great regret, of allegations of serial plagiarism levied against the winner of the first Okot P Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation. We strongly condemn the theft of creative ideas and attempts to profit from them. Our instant investigation reveals that two of the five … More INTERIM STATEMENT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST REDSCAR MCODINDO K’OYUGI