Keeping Films for Children and Youth in Focus
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…
By Ogova Ondego Published July 1, 2018 An initiative that seeks to honour the best adaptation of a book to film for children or young adults invites submissions from all over the world till July 20, 2018. Stakeholders are invited…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 23, 2018 The largest award for literature for children and youth in the world shall be presented on May 28, 2018. The winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), Jacqueline Woodson of the United…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 21, 2018 A writing contest for young women invites original works of poetry in the Somali language. The annual BBC News Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award, that began in 2017 as part…
By Irene Gaitirira Published January 7, 2018 Keorapetse William Kgositsile, a leading South African poet and political activist also known by his pen name, Bra Willie, has passed away. “His death should inspire young authors and poets into wanting to…
By Khalifa Hemed Published November 3, 2017 A British book-donation and library-development charity has donated thousands of new book to Liberia, Africa’s oldest modern republic. Book Aid International says the more than 23000 books donated by UK publishers are now…