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Ayamba 2020 Contributors
Title:When I’m Eighteen. Author: David Ishaya Osu “Love is when you drink a sour orange and still call it orange.” When I’m Eighteen is a collection of free consciousness, unrestricted movements and unpatented craft; a crossroads of meanings wearing shades of abstractions (and dreams). We are offered a world of gold embroidered with recurring enjambments....
This interview was conducted in June, 2020 “Do not be impatient for rapid validation... Do not quit” – Frances Ogamba Ayamba: Hello, Frances. Thank you for agreeing to have this conversation. Frances Ogamba: Thank you too for having me. Ayamba: In 2019, you were shortlisted for the Writivism Short Story Prize and the Koffi Addo...
Ayamba LitCast’s One Year Anniversary Poetry Contest AyambaLitCast is open for poetry submissions to mark her one year anniversary. The aim is to engage her readers and as well, give writers across the continent the opportunity to showcase their creative skills. Who can submit: Writers from all over Africa What to submit: A previously unpublished...
Poet: Hauwa Saleh Abubakar Title: Mirrors (from the collection, How to Practice Forgetting) The Podcaster is Hauwa Saleh and she has her bio in the Members’ profile section.
The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Opens. A. Igoni Barrett among the Judges The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open to submissions. The judges are: Zoë Wicomb (Chair), A. Igoni Barrett (Africa), Khademul Islam (Asia), Keith Jarrett (Canada and Europe), Diana McCaulay (the Caribbean) and Tina Makereti (the Pacific). The overall winner receives £5,000. Regional winners receive £2,500 each. If the...
Tsitsi Dangarembga and Maaza Mengiste Make Historic Booker Prize Shortlist The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist is out. Tsitsi Dangaremgba and Maaza Mengiste are on it for their works: This Mournable Body and The Shadow King respectively. It is the first time ever that two female writers from Africa have made the shortlist. Also, Maaza Mengiste...
Author: Sada Malumfashi Title: Surviving Love and a Pandemic (3) The podcaster, Michael Olaniyi has his bio in the members’ profile section.
Author: Sada Malumfashi Title: Surviving Love and a Pandemic (2) The podcaster, Michael Olaniyi has his bio in the members’ profile section.
