LINKS

The following are links to websites that may be of interest:

Aduna is an organisation that promotes the performing and visual arts from Africa.
African Books Collective, founded, owned and governed by African publishers, seeks to strengthen indigenous African publishing through collective action and to increase the visibility and accessibility of the wealth of African scholarship and culture.
African Review of Books is an indepth site, updated monthly, in which the books, literature and scholarship of Africa can be discussed and debated. It is a step towards bringing together, in one place, news, reviews and information relating to Africa's publishing industry and African scholarship. It aims to act as a forum and a virtual meeting point.
The African Writers Abroad Centre is part of International Pen, the world association of writers. AWA is a membership organisation for writers of African descent who live outside the continent. AWA aims to support African writers on the continent and within the Diaspora on creative, economic and political fronts and to increase awareness of African and African diasporic literatures.
African Writers Evening is a site that lists events of acclaimed African writers speaking about their craft. Hosted by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, founder of the African Writers' Evening and current Associate Writer-In-Residence on BBC Radio 3.Previous speakers have included writer Helen Oyeyemi (Nigeria), the author of The Icarus Girl, award-winning writer Sefi Atta, author of the acclaimed Everything Good Will Come, acclaimed Ghanaian poet Atukwei Okai and many other poets, Clara Bakosi (Nigeria) & Louis Antwi (Ghana).
ArtMatters is an in-depth analysis of arts and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. Among other things, it covers art, books, dance, music, fashion, film, storytelling, theatre, and travel, with a view to enlightening humanity on life in eastern Africa.
Banipal is the magazine of Modern Arab literature, published 3 times a year (spring, summer, autumn).
The Baobab Prize is an annual international literary award established to encourage the writing of African literature for a youth audience.
The vision of the Centre for the Book is to promote a South African culture of reading and writing. The Centre for the Book aims to promote the writing, publishing, reading, marketing and distribution of South African books in order to develop a truly South African literary culture.
Cassava Republic is an Abuja-based publisher ‘obsessed with changing the way we think about African fiction’.
Chimurenga, a pan African publication of writing, art and politics has been in print since March 2002. It was founded by Ntone Edjabe. The journal is published on the page three times/year, online monthly and through themed performances called "Chimurenga Sessions."
Jacana, publishers of the Caine Prize shortlisted stories in 2001 and 2002, and the stories from the 2003 writers' workshop. As well as these, Jacana develops and publishes specialised materials in various fields, including medical and primary health care, interactive, curriculum-based materials for primary and secondary school sectors, lifeskills, as well as environmental education,eco-tourism, heritage and fiction publications.
Kachifo is an independent Nigerian publishing house which publishes Farafina Books, Prestige Books and Farafina Magazine. They describe their mission as ‘to tell our own stories’.
Kwani? is a website to support young Kenyan writers, the brainchild of 2003 Caine Prize winner Binyavanga Wainaina.
New Internationalist is an independent not-for-profit publishing co- operative. They produce a wide range of publications that stimulate debate and engage readers in global issues. Buy Caine Prize books from previous years here.
SABLE LitMag provides a space for new writers of colour to showcase their work and to receive critical feedback in their chosen written language of expression. It provides readers with an opportunity to read new work by published and unpublished authors and provides useful and interesting literary information in a format that is aesthetically as important as the written word.
Spread The Word supports the development of new writing and live literature in London. It aims to create a new climate of innovation and experimentation in which new literature can flourish.
Transition is a quarterly, international review known for compelling and controversial writing on race, ethnicity, culture, and politics. The editors seek unconventional essays, memoirs, reviews, and short stories -- especially by writers of colour.
Wasafiri is a literary magazine at the forefront of mapping new landscapes in contemporary international literature today.
Words etc is a quarterly South African literary journal.