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Kwani Trust is a regional literary organization and community of writers focused on fostering the development of the region's creative industry. Their efforts encompass publishing and distributing contemporary African literature, providing training opportunities, hosting literary events, and establishing global literary networks. [16] The Kwani?
Examples of pre-colonial African literature can be traced back to at least the fourth century AD. The best-known is the Kebra Negast , or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. [ 1 ] Another well-known book is the Garima Gospels , one of the oldest known surviving bibles in the world, written in Ge'ez around 500 AD.
African poetry encompasses a wide variety of traditions arising from Africa's 55 countries and from evolving trends within different literary genres.The field is complex, primarily because of Africa's original linguistic and cultural diversity and partly because of the effects of slavery and colonisation, the believe in religion and social life which resulted in English, Portuguese and French ...
The Pan African Writers' Association (PAWA), founded in November 1989, is a Ghana-based cultural institution "born in the larger crucible of Pan Africanism" [1] that is an umbrella body of writers' associations on the African continent and the Diaspora. [2]
The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), commonly referred to as AfLIA, [1] [2] is an international not-for-profit organization headquartered in Accra, Ghana. [3] [4] The Association is registered under the laws of Ghana as an NGO. It is managed under the general guidelines of its Constitution and by-laws. [5]
The many notable African writers who have featured at the conference over the years include Cyprian Ekwensi, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Chinweizu, Dennis Brutus, Buchi Emecheta, Flora Nwapa, Elechi Amadi, Ken Saro Wiwa, Chukwuemeka Ike, Nuruddin Farah, Syl Cheney-Coker, to mention a few.
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Reuben Chirambo (d. 2011), scholar of African literature [23] Robert Chiwamba, poet [24] Tobias Dossi, author of a novel (1958) and humorous short stories (1965) in Chichewa. [25] Aloysius Dziko, author of a novel in Chichewa (1965). [25] Walije Gondwe (b. 1936), Malawi's first female novelist [26] John Gwengwe, author of novels in Chichewa ...