2016 Abena Korantemaa Writivism Prize for Oral History Guidelines (CLOSED)

March 4, 2016

The Abena Korantemaa Writivism Prize for Oral History is an annual award for Oral History by emerging African writers and storytellers resident in Ghana administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE). The prize is aimed at celebrating storytelling through oral means and encouraging the recognition of the oral tradition as history. Interested entrants … More 2016 Abena Korantemaa Writivism Prize for Oral History Guidelines (CLOSED)

Writivism 2016: Interview with Mamadou Diallo

February 29, 2016

Mamadou Diallo is a Senegalese writer and founder of RECIDIVE, an editor of Vives-Voix, one-time winner of 2015 Ake Prize for Prose and the Francophone facilitator of Writivism’s workshop on fiction and non-fiction in Dakar. He is on Writivism’s 2016 panel of judges for the Short Story Prize. In this conversation, he speaks about himself … More Writivism 2016: Interview with Mamadou Diallo

Access Banks W Community Introduces #TheWInkChallenge Writing Competition

February 26, 2016

Women in Nigeria, this one is for you. Access Bank’s W Community, which is the No 1 platform for Women in Nigeria, has introduced a writing competition strictly for WOMEN. And just so we are clear, WInk stands for ‘The Woman and her Ink’ and not women writing naughty stories 😉 as I’d originally thought. … More Access Banks W Community Introduces #TheWInkChallenge Writing Competition