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2022 #CWPrize winner from Eswatini, Ntsika Kota, at an event celebrating his win! With prize judge @louiseumutoni. #CWpeople #CHOGM2022

Thank you to our judges Jahnavi Barua; Stephanos Stephanides; Jeanine Leane; @kevinjhosein and @louiseumutoni for their time, expertise, and insights in the #CWPrize judging process. youtube.com/watch?v=H6MQA7…

‘'and the earth drank deep' stood tall amongst the list of giants’. @louiseumutoni, our judge for the #CWPrize Africa region on ‘and the earth drank deep’. Read it in @grantamag: granta.com/and-the-earth-… youtube.com/watch?v=H6MQA7…

"I think the burden of proof is on the wrong party. Establishing metrics for measuring empowerment shouldn't be on grassroots orgs but on donors whose systems" [don't align with distributed power]. -- Scott Guggenheim at @NEIDonors event "Scaling #localization" #GlobalDev

Today's the day! Interested in #localization? Deplore tokenization? Do you believe #globaldev can do better? Join @NEIDonors @ACAWestAfrica @WorldBank partners and Spark's @louiseumutoni and @sashadfisher at 12pm ET to explore these questions & more! ow.ly/FkC550HH21g

"Effective citizen engagement is about strengthening systems and structures in place and contributing to government efforts to provide services." --- Spark's @louiseumutoni at @NEIDonors event "Scaling Localization" #GlobalDev #localization

How do global actors support community-first development and avoid tokenization? We're thrilled that our very own @sashadfisher and @louiseumutoni will join @ACAWestAfrica and @WorldBank partners at @NEIDonors event on Scaling Localization to discuss best practices. Join us 2/3.

Yes! I can't wait for this! Come one, come all for conversation on contemporary African literature and publishing with Edwige-Renée Dro @DroEdwige, Ainehi Edoro @ainehiedoro, and Zukiswa Wanner.

All 5 episodes of Unspeakable are now available online - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… - & via the BBC Sounds App. @LoftusMedia @CatherineECarr @BBCRadio4 Thank you all! 7/7

PublisHers: @emmamhouse talks to @LouiseUmutoni, founder of Rwanda's @HuzaPress bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-arti… (Free to view)

Publishing Consultant and PublisHer Board Member Emma House Interviews Bookwomen Around the World Louise Umutoni is the founder of Huza Press, a Rwandan-based publishing press devoted to supporting African literary craftsmanship @emmamhouse @louiseumutoni womeninpublishing.org/meeting-house-…

Today's the final day of Transformative Testimonies! Voices of Testimony, 12pm BST: Natacha Muziramakenga eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformati… Publishing Roundtable, 4pm BST: @louiseumutoni & @caroorloff on the future of human rights writing eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformati…

Illuminating talk hosted @WasafiriMag Billy Kahora on breaking down the canon: @louiseumutoni Kigali-based @HuzaPress on challenges to reach the African reader, problem of access & infrastructure, @caroorloff @CharcoPress (new Latin American literature) to promote crucial voices.

Great news! @msolumide has come on board as one of the judges for the residency applications! Also, we have EXTENDED the application DEADLINE to the 18th of May. So keep sending in your applications. Cheers! goethe.de/ins/rw/en/m/ku… #writersresidency #my250 #africanwriting #books

With Authors.Cafe, we're excited to be starting our new series of events next Saturday w/ a literary conversation, featuring #YolandeMukagasana, @ZoeNorridge & @kr_stern on Zoom. To join us, you can register below. eventbrite.co.uk/e/yolande-muka… #Devon #my250 #Africanbooks

The residency is open to: *Writers who have at least one published text, either with a publisher, in a literary magazine or in a newspaper. *Writers working on a novel (fiction) manuscript that explores gender and its constructions. #writinggender #creativewriting @GoetheKigali

*During their stay, the writers will have space to work on their writing, have literary exchange with each other and introduce their writing to a local audience. #writersresidency #Africanwriters #German #my250 #creativewriting #writerscommunity #africanwriting @BakwaMag

With @GoetheKigali, we are pleased to announce our 4-week writer's residency for African and German-speaking writers in September 2021. The theme this year is writing gender. Spread the word! Submissions deadline: 16 May goethe.de/ins/rw/en/kul/… #writersresidency #writing #gender

“When I wanted to have access to stories about this country, I remember always struggling quite a lot to find anything that was written by Rwandans. And it's not just Rwanda.” ~ Louise Umutoni-Bower @louiseumutoni "Publishing while African" bit.ly/31BjJwy #AkeFest2020

Radiobook Rwanda, our printed-audible pocketbook collaboration with @HuzaPress & @kwanitrust, is featured in the latest PRINT issue of the incredible @WasafiriMag, 'After Grenfell'🙌🏽 "#RadiobookRwanda was about two key things: experimentation and collaboration." @louiseumutoni