By Iminza Keboge Published March 25, 2022 A producer of children’s educational media has announced the launch of Season 4 of Akili and Me: Words and Sounds with Akili to encourage children and their caregivers to re-discover fun learning through…
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By Dominic Dipio Published January 7, 2022 What I am and what we all become is largely a result of our roots. For me, one of the most important qualities I have drawn from these roots is integrity that…
By Ogova Ondego Published January 27, 2021 Though the young people of today, regardless of where they live, not only face pressure unknown to past generations and are also being forced to do so earlier, there is almost no one…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 10, 2020 Rabha Ashry of Egypt has won the 2020 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Ashry will receive a £3,000 honorarium while her winning selection of poems is now up on africanpoetryprize.org/, the Brunel University…
By Iminza Keboge Published June 3, 2019 Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma of South Africa has beaten A Woman’s Body Is a Country by Nigerian Dami Ajayi and Kingdom of Gravity by Ugandan-born Nicholas Makoha to win the 2018 Glenna Luschei…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 31, 2019 Leading African festivals dedicated to animation and comic programming have announced joint programming with effect from 2020. RELATED: Documenting Animation, Comics, Cartoons and Video Games in Africa No Easy Task Cape Town International Animation…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 28, 2019 BBC invites entries from Somali-speaking female poets for its 3rd BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year award. Saying no previous experience is required, BBC says it welcomes original works of…
By Iminza Keboge Published December 18, 2018 A literary prize for children’s writers and illustrators from across Africa has announced the awards for the 2018 Golden Baobab Prize. The jury of the 10th Golden Baobab Prize says the 2018 Golden…
By Abdi Ali Published November 22, 2018 Sub-Saharan Africa not only has the highest number of of child marriage in the world but the practice also costs the continent a fortune in lost earnings and human capital. More than three…
By Khalifa Hemed Published September 10, 2018 A story that highlights the plight of a girl in a traditional African setting has won its writer the 3rd BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest for Women. The story, ’Ya Mace or…