African Women Writers: Introducing the class of #AWW14

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 pays d’Afrique. During the period, the writers honed skills, learnt new tips and techniques, and perhaps most […]

You have to be a selfish woman

Ma’ami, you would love these women. Maybe not at first, maybe not all at once, but oh, you would love them. They would speak to your heart and the things you wouldn’t say couldn’t say? Like “maybe I should have left my husband.” Maybe I should have loved myself enough To say, out loud, because […]

Ouganda: 30juillet 2014, Public Dialogue and Literary Event

On the 30th of July, le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ) in partnership with the Ugandan Women’s Association (FEMRITE) will hold a public dialogue and literary event at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Ouganda. The theme for the event is ‘African women speaking for ourselves: What difference does it make?’ This event is open to the […]

Rencontrez Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe : La lauréate du prix Marcella Althaus-Reid qui lira à « Women of the World: Parler d'une Révolution’

Kuukua est l'un des nombreux écrivains talentueux qui participeront à l'AWDF et à l'Alliance française (Accra)’s book slam for International Women’s Day, 8mars. Elle partagera également ses réflexions sur l'écriture, et en donnant un aperçu de certaines de ses expériences qui ont inspiré son style d'écriture particulier. She characterizes herself as a […]