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African Writers Trust (AWT)

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African Writers Trust is a body that aims to bridge the divide between African writers and publishing professionals living in the Diaspora and on the continent

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What happens when a promise made across continents begins to fade? ✈️❓ Find out in "PROMISES" by Goretti Kyomuhendo. This #AfricanFiction gem is a gripping tale of love, distance, and shattered dreams. Order now at amazon.com/Promises-Goret… #NewBook #Bookworm #Fiction

What happens when a promise made across continents begins to fade? ✈️❓

Find out in "PROMISES" by Goretti Kyomuhendo. This #AfricanFiction gem is a gripping tale of love, distance, and shattered dreams.
Order now at amazon.com/Promises-Goret…
#NewBook #Bookworm #Fiction
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We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2025 is Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Here's everything you need to know about the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

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Writers of creative non-fiction, register for our TWO-DAY intensive workshop with the utterly brilliant M.O.. 🔥Book at selar.com/w68xz8

Writers of creative non-fiction, register for our TWO-DAY intensive workshop with the utterly brilliant <a href="/__mofiyinfoluwa/">M.O.</a>. 🔥Book at selar.com/w68xz8
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For only UGX 60,000 🎉you can now grab your copy of Promises. Click the link to order tubazeafricanbooks.com/product/promis… or call the numbers below.

For only UGX 60,000 🎉you can now grab your copy of Promises.
Click the link to order tubazeafricanbooks.com/product/promis… or call the numbers below.
FEMRITE (@femritewriters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hello friends. Join us for an array of events! Do you want to read your poetry, listen to interesting conversations, link writing to social policy, be in company of writers, academics, publishers, and display or access books? The space is at FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities

Hello friends. 
Join us for an array of events! 
Do you want to read your poetry, listen to interesting conversations, link writing to social policy, be in company of writers, academics, publishers, and display or access books? The space is at FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities
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In a conversation with Ruth Wenske, Ugandan literary icon Goretti Kyomuhendo reflects on 30 years of shaping African literature, and her new novel PROMISES, a heartfelt story for Africans in the diaspora. Read the interview + order the book: brittlepaper.com/2025/05/behind…

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We mourn the loss of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — a literary giant, a fearless decolonial thinker, and the heartbeat of African storytelling. Your words lit the way. Your legacy lives on. 🕊️ Rest in power, Ngũgĩ.

We mourn the loss of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — a literary giant, a fearless decolonial thinker, and the heartbeat of African storytelling.
Your words lit the way. Your legacy lives on.
🕊️ Rest in power, Ngũgĩ.
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Goretti Kyomuhendo opens up about love, loss, and what migration takes from—and gives to—those who dare. A powerful interview about her new novel -Promises. Read the full interview here brittlepaper.com/2025/05/behind…

Women's Prize (@womensprize) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are beyond thrilled to announce that the recipient for the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award is Bernardine Evaristo! Supported by #BukhmanPhilanthropies #WomensPrize #OutstandingContributionAward linktr.ee/womensprize

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Still reeling from Saturday’s book club. Open Water gave us all the feels. 📚💭 To join the Tubaze Book Club call +256 743932890 or email [email protected]

Still reeling from Saturday’s book club. Open Water gave us all the feels. 📚💭
To join the Tubaze Book Club call +256 743932890 or email daphine4awt@gmail.com
FEMRITE (@femritewriters) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear Friends, Join us for our last event of the week of literary activities. The book launch, where poets speak for our mental health and our planet, is happening today, 5.30, Goethe Zentrum. Let's dance to Obangaina with our Leading Arts activist in parliament - Hon Magoola!

Dear Friends, 
Join us for our last event of the week of literary activities. The book launch, where poets speak for our mental health and our planet, is happening today, 5.30, Goethe Zentrum. Let's dance to Obangaina with our Leading Arts activist in parliament - Hon Magoola!
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📖 Tubaze Book Club is back! This month we’re diving into Promises—a 🔥 2025 Ugandan release by Goretti Kyomuhendo. 📍 AWT Offices, Namugongo 📅 Sat, June 28| 🕑 2–4PM Bring your copy. Bring your thoughts. Let’s talk! #TubazeBookClub #UgLit #Promises2025

📖 Tubaze Book Club is back!
This month we’re diving into Promises—a 🔥 2025 Ugandan release by Goretti Kyomuhendo.

📍 AWT Offices, Namugongo
📅 Sat, June 28| 🕑 2–4PM

Bring your copy. Bring your thoughts. Let’s talk! #TubazeBookClub #UgLit #Promises2025
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Tho we've postponed our search for a postdoctoral research associate in African Digital Humanities, we're still accepting applications for TWO postdoc positions in African Poetry & Poetics! Join a stellar team led by Lorna & Kwame Dawes Brown University apply.interfolio.com/16689

Tho we've postponed our search for a postdoctoral research associate in African Digital Humanities, we're still accepting applications for TWO postdoc positions in African Poetry &amp; Poetics! Join a stellar team led by Lorna &amp; Kwame Dawes <a href="/BrownUniversity/">Brown University</a> 
apply.interfolio.com/16689
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Goretti Kyomuhendo joins a stellar panel at #NairobiLiteratureFestival2025 to discuss freedom, gender & fiction. June 28, 5PM. Be there!

Goretti Kyomuhendo joins a stellar panel at #NairobiLiteratureFestival2025 to discuss freedom, gender &amp; fiction. June 28, 5PM. Be there!
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🌟 Upgrade Your Evenings with French Classes! 🌟 Join us at Alliance Française Kampala for our evening classes, starting July 7th, running until August 1st! 🗓️ Classes are held every Monday to Friday 📞 Register now: 📱 0708 715 068 | 📞 0414 344 490 📧 [email protected]

🌟 Upgrade Your Evenings with French Classes! 🌟
Join us at Alliance Française Kampala for our evening classes, starting July 7th, running until August 1st! 🗓️
Classes are held every Monday to Friday
📞 Register now: 📱 0708 715 068 | 📞 0414 344 490 📧 reception@afkampala.org