Pan African Writers
latest news & developments
Binyavanga Wainaina dies, aged 48
The Kenyan writer and activist died on Tuesday night after suffering a stroke
The Pan-African focus of Abantu’s 2018 festival draws from a future past
The festival is making connections with Africa’s authors, publishers and literary aficionados with plans for northern expansion.
The continent urgently needs to change its mindset
‘African citizens need to be vested in what makes us African and to tap into indigenous systems.’
Doing it by the book
The first National Book Week suffered a strike-induced hitch on Monday when attendance of school children dropped dramatically on its final day.