Cart is empty The Custodians of African Literature (COAL) embarked on a pre-program survey exercise in January 2020, the first step to her COAL school club project. The COAL Literary school club project is aimed at improving literacy and reading culture among children and young adults in our quest to bridge the education inequity gap through books and […]
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The Custodians of African Literature COAL is pleased to announce the appointment of six new board members as an addition to our goal of diversifying our leadership team. COAL is rounding out our organization’s leadership and advisory team with three new female and three male professionals. We recently developed a new strategic plan, which includes […]
The Abuja Literary Society (ALitFest) held its maiden edition in 2018. Owing to the success of ALitFest 18, the team decided to make it an annual event hence the Abuja Literary Festival (ALitFest) 2019 which took place on the 11th -13th of July, 2019 at the Exhibition Pavilion, Abuja Nigeria. This year’s theme was ‘Arts and […]
The concept of community and collective action towards social change powered by young people in Africa is utopian because the lack of basic human resources is an impediment to people’s participation and objective reasoning in the fight for social justice. There is an instinctive awareness of survival engraved in the social construct of the African […]
The African Indie Writers Review (AFIRE) ejournal is happy to announce The 2019 Linda Ikeji Prize for Literature. This is going to be an annual event. The Prize: N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) The Need: African Indie-Writers Review (AFIRE) is an e-journal strategically positioned to hold out a hand to new, contemporary and audacious African writers […]
The June 2019 edition of “Writing Life Essentials,” a monthly hand-curated list of contests, grants, scholarships, submissions calls, and awards, with a focus on opportunities that are at least one of the following: local, free to apply, and/or committed to celebrating and supporting writers from historically marginalized communities. We do the research, so you have […]
COAL’s Founder Patience Andrew will be joining over 150 emerging leaders from 51 countries to shape the future of civic leadership at the Global Pathfinder Summit in Virginia USA from the 20th to 24th May 2019. She will be sharing some thoughts on the need for strong and people-powered democracy for policy development in Education, […]
COALNG is teaming up with ‘Justcreate’ http://juscr8.com.ng/ and TalesAfriktalesafrik.wordpress.com to organize a writing workshop ‘Art of Short Story.’ This combined effort is timely to the need for growth within the literary space in Nigeria. The first edition will be launched on the 18th of May, 2019 at 10am to 4pm at nHub which is also […]
IT IS OPEN MIC GUYS Are you a Poet, storyteller, artist or musician looking for an audience to listen and enjoy your original piece? Custodians of African Literature COAL is creating an expressive and safe space for others to enjoy and critique your work. Come early, register to perform and wait for your turn. Date: […]
The quest for gender parity all over the world is beyond just a campaign, it is a reflection of the inner yearning for societal balance driven by social justice for all. The 2019 International Women’s Day is another time to reflect on what gender equality is or should be, and why it is needed for […]