This article was originally published on The Journalist. Read the original article here. Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease. It’s marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids. The countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea on Africa’s West Coast have been especially hard hit with about 4 […]

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 […]

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 […]

    Master Class on Writing Children’s Stories and Young Adult Fiction with Mamle Wolo, June 14 in Accra This coming Saturday, award-winning author, Mamle Wolo will be teaching a writer’s master class focusing on children’s stories and young adult fiction. Many of her short stories have been published in several journals and anthologies. Also, […]