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By Comfort Nyati SDB ׀ August 2020 Twaweza is not only a book but a prodigious progeny birthed from the PenPen Africa Writers Residency, a project initiated by the African Writers Development [...]

The board of Trustees of the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) has approved the selection of judges for the 2020 African Writers Awards. This was revealed in a statement by Olukaejire [...]

After a successful outing in Nigeria last November, PenPen Africa Writers Residency is extending to Kenya. PenPen Africa is an African writers’ residency project featuring twelve select writers [...]

The second edition of the African Writers Conference (AWC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, came to a successful end on the 28th of September 2019. The AWC, held in collaboration with Writers Guild Kenya [...]

The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 Wakini Kuria Award for African Literature (Children’s Literature). The judges of this award are Namse Udosen [...]

The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 African Writers Awards. Speaking at a press conference at their Abuja office on Monday, 26th of August, the Chief [...]

The African Writers Development Trust, in partnership with the Writers Guild Kenya, is calling for writers of African descent living in Africa, to apply for the African Writers Residency to hold [...]

We, the African Writers Development Trust, take this opportunity to announce to the world our Speakers for the 2019 African Writers Conference. The African Writers Conference this year will focus [...]

In its bid to deepen literary thought and creative writing in Africa, the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) has recently announced a ‘call for submissions’ for the 2019 African [...]