There are not enough storytellers telling African stories

>Lisa Noudehou clearly remembers how her father used to read to her when she was a little girl. Together, they would make up stories and enjoy each other’s company that way. Now that Lisa has children of her own – Matoko (19) and Sena (15) – she has had many made up stories with the two of them.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

ZIFF: We’re not telling enough stories - Pheto

ZIFF is turning out to be a common meeting place for filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Stone Town at a season that has been christened a ‘Common Destiny’.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jul

Telling the forgotten stories of MV Liemba

To the passengers aboard the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) coach, these were just some wazungus enjoying life in this part of the world. But for the Das letzte Kleinod, this was a pursuit of stories that connect the Germany landscape to the rest of the world.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Feb

Telling the stories of ordinary Tanzanian people

If you, like many Africans survive on a steady and somewhat gluttonous diet of western films and documentaries and crave something original and packed with local flavour, then Taswira Yetu is just the show for you.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Dec

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time

>Hussein Tuwa,43, recently took home about Sh7 million with his winning book ‘Temporary Orphan’ after he was announced as the second  winner of Burt Award for African Literature (BAAL). He shares with Success his writing journey.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Sep

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling ‘sooo’ many stories from Uganda

>Nyana Kakoma is a Ugandan blogger based in Kampala. She started writing when she was in high school and has worked as a journalist before she quit and decided to be a blogger.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Sep

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling African tales that really matter

>On June 13, 2014, Commonwealth Writers announced Jennifer Makumbi as the overall winner of 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Kampala.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Jan

Let’s tell our stories, beloved African press

In the backdrop of what happened at the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ magazine headquarters and the Hyper Cacher grocery in Paris leaving 17 innocent people dead, there have been discussions regarding how the Western Media covered the event, with some African commentators especially in the social media blaming the West of bias.

 

11 years ago

Dewji Blog

15 Jul

AfriDocs Film Week 21-27 July 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Broadcast Presents: Amazing African Stories — On Your Screen

A world first will be taking place this month when a full week of African documentary films are broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa on DStv channel ED (channel 190) and GOtv (channel 65).

This unique film event will see a diverse and exciting range of films screened across 49 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, to coincide with the Durban International Film Festival, the largest film festival in South Africa that takes place from July 17th – 27th.

The diverse range of stories from East, West...

 

9 years ago

BBC

25 Oct

Letter from Africa: Nigeria's disappearing storytellers

Is Nigeria in danger of losing its storytellers?

 

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