Literary voices from across Africa will gather in the UAE this month for the second edition of Sharjah Festival of African Literature.
Running from January 14 to 18 at University City of Sharjah, the festival is organised by Sharjah Book Authority and will feature panel discussions and book readings exploring African literature, past and present.
The programme focuses on oral storytelling, emerging voices, illustration, visual storytelling, the relationship between literature and music, dance and the environment, as well as on African cities as centres of narrative expression.
Here are the writers confirmed to attend.
Lemn Sissay, the British-Ethiopian poet, writer and playwright, widely regarded as a leading contemporary voice in spoken word and narrative literature, best known for his memoir My Name Is Why (2019).
Zimbabwean
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