Month: June 2013

Nigeria’s telecommunications company Etisalat has launched the first Etisalat Prize for Literature, aimed at recognising and celebrating writers and other members of the literary community… Read more

Talented actor and singer Giles Terera has an impressive CV. Soon after graduating from drama school he joined the special ensemble company at the National… Read more

The Caine Prize 2013, which champions African writing, is hosting an exciting series of readings and public events in London in July at different venues,… Read more

Young south London rapper Boya Dee gave an eye witness account of the Woolwich attack on twitter. With so few young people in newsrooms, and… Read more

Award-winning writer Adam Lowe, 27, isn’t scared of expressing himself through his poetry. He has performed in theatres, cafes, shopping malls and even outside a… Read more

Losing my religion: Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Margaret Alexander) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (David). Picture by Richard H Smith. Play: The Amen Corner Theatre: The National Theatre… Read more