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The South African Writers' Network serves as a platform from which authors and aspirant writers can explore the wealth of human information on the Internet and contribute to this burgeoning network culture. SAWN also assists authors who want to self-publish their work...

In 1986 an Extraordinary Assembly of 61 African Writers representing 46 African Writers’ Unions and Associations met and decided that Africa needed a long-overdue Continental Literary Organisation...

Litro is a free monthly literary magazine. We publish new, original short fiction that excites us.

Since 1979, the year of its rebirth, Granta has published many of the world’s finest writers tackling some of the world’s most important subjects, from intimate human experiences to the large public and political events that have shaped our lives.

We are a community of emerging writers dedicated to reviewing, recommending, and discussing quality fiction from presses big and small, from writers widely revered and little known. Our goal is to get writers and readers talking not only about how fiction reads but how it works and why it matters.

A unique community of poets.

Africa is a land of contrasts and of diverse cultures and traditions. It is also a land of conflict and creativity. The literature of the continent draws upon a fascinating body of oral traditions and lore and also reflects the political turmoil of the modern world...

A joint venture between Culture Advocates Caucus (CAC) and the Goethe Institut, it presents poems and poets that address issues such as survival, politics, religion, city hassles, hustles and bubbles, love and hatred and the general ‘wahala’ of life.

List of African writers by country