African Women Writers: Introducing the class of #AWW14

Sep 8, 2014 Media Center / News

In July of this year, AWDF in partnership with the Ugandan Women Writers Association held a 10 day residential writers workshop led by Yewande Omotoso and Mamle Kabu. The workshop brought together 26 African women writers from 10 African countries. During the period, the writers honed skills, learnt new tips and techniques, and perhaps most important of all, committed to amplifying their work and those of other African women writers.

African Women Write (AWW14) is a document which details the writers (including facilitators and the coordinating team) who constitute #AWW14. In case you are wondering what that hashtag means, its the acronym that was coined for ‘African Women Writers’ with 14 representing the year this workshop took place. Find some of our tweets via that hashtag on twitter and check out the storify that HOLAAfrica pulled together from our 10 day frenzy of live tweeting.

Fafa Quashigah, a writer and participant of AWW14 at the AWDF/FEMRITE public dialogue held on the 30th of July in Kampala, Uganda

Tendai Garwe, a writer and participant of AWW14 was an excellent mistress of ceremonies at the AWDF/FEMRITE public dialogue held on the 30th of July in Kampala, Uganda

From left to right: Amina Doherty, Lina Zedriga, Mamle Kabu, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Theo Sowa and Yewande Omotoso participating in a panel discussion on the topic, 'African women speaking for ourselves: What difference does it make' — From left to right: Amina Doherty, Lina Zedriga, Mamle Kabu, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Theo Sowa and Yewande Omotoso participating in a panel discussion on the topic, ‘African women speaking for ourselves: What difference does it make’

A selection of the AWW14 participants at the AWDF/FEMRITE public dialogue held on the 30th of July in Kampala, Uganda

By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah,

Communications Specialist, AWDF

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