Paris, France (PANA) – UNESCO on Thursday launched a book titled "Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: New orientations for teaching and learning", PANA reported from here. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Authors drawn from countries within the Congo Basin featured prominently at the 2011 edition of the Paris Book Exhibition that ended Monday in the French capital, PANA reported from here. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) - – The novel, “Les nouvelles du désert”, written by Mauritanian journalist M'Bareck Ould Beyrouck, is among the five works selected for the 2010 edition of the Prize “Ivoire de la Littérature africaine d'expression francophone”. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The second edition of the literary season in Mali, which opens next Tuesday at Bamako's palace of culture, will see the participation of writers from eight countries. Full text...

Literature Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Egyptian intellectual and columnist, Dr Jaber Ousfour, has won the Gaddafi International Prize for Literature, official sources said in Tripoli on Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, 1996 Nobel prize winner for Literature, on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the consequences of the international financial crisis on African literature. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A show of written and oral African literature will be he ld from 5 to 7 February in Brussels, Belgium, organisers told PANA on Tuesday. Full text...

Québec- Canada (PANA) -- About 10,000 francophone dictionaries will be distribute d free of charge in African countries, Clément Duhaime, Administrator of Francop h onie, announced on Wednesday in Québec at the opening of the ministerial confere n ce of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF). Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Writers from Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have committed themselves to using literature as a tool to bring their peoples closer, in addition to promoting deeper insights into the literary heritage of the two countries. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) – "Editions Tombouctou" meant -to promote books and reading will organise its first literary event 17-19 January 2008, the organisers told PANA here Saturday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The relevance of the works of William Shakespeare in the African educational curriculum often raises questions from various sectors. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The winner of the 2006 Renaudot Prize, Congolese writer, Alain Mabanckou, said he was anxious to make an encounter with the African public, which he described as "a hearty public known for its sincere joy". Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) – Congolese writer Alain Maba-nckou won the 2006 edition of the Renaudot Prize, one of the two most prestigious literary prizes in France. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The second African Literature exhibition has been fixed for 28 October at the UNESCO Paris headquarters, organisers said in a statement Thursday. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- The Maghreb Book Show is to be held in Algeria in late February 2007, to coincide with the "Algérie Capitale de la Culture Arabe," according to the president of the Union of Maghreb Publishers, Mohamed Tahar Guerfi. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Mehla Mint Ahmed, has opened the country's second National Literature Festival here. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan novelist Ibrahim Al-Kouni has signed an accord with Nouri Hmidi, Secretary for Culture and Information of the Libyan General People's Committee for the publication of some novels by the writer. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, on Monday arrived in Paris for a two-day visit. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- A caravan to promote the literary works of West African writers from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo has left here for various parts of the country, organisers said Sunday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Nigeria's celebrated novelist Chinua Achebe has urged contemporary African writers to give priority to mother tongue in their works to mitigate the adverse consequences of colonialism on African arts and culture. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Alain Mabanckou, a renowned writer from Congo Brazzaville has won the 2005 RFO (French Radio and TV network) prize for his book "Verre cassé," the jury announced here Thursday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Somali writer Nuruddin Farah is among the favourites to win the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature to be awarded Thursday by members of the Swedish Academy, reliable sources said here Tuesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou has won the prize of the five continents of the Francophonie for his novel "Verre Cassé" (broken glass), official sources said here Tuesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Inter-governmental Francophonie Agency (AIF) has launched a contest for francophones under 30 years of age to present a 500-word commentary on the literary works of former Senegalese head of state, late Leopold Sedar Senghor. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania is this week holding its first ever literary festival whose official launching here Tuesday was chaired by the minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Ahmadou Kourouma Prize endowed with 5,000 Swiss francs has been awarded to Ivorian writer Tanella Boni for her novel "Mornings of cease-fire (Matins de couvre- feu)" published by Serpent à plumes editions, reliable sources affirmed here Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The remains of Malagasy writer and political activist, Jacques Rabemananjara, who died 2 April in Paris will be flown to Tananarive Friday, reliable sources here told PANA on Wednesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- An African Literature Day initiated by political students in conjunction with the La Case Estudiantine and Africa 2005 associations will be held on 30 April at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the organisers told PANA at the weekend. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Paris-based Serpents à Plumes Editions will 13 January release a new book on the current Ivorian crisis titled 'Matins de couvre-feu' authored by Tanella Boni. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A thesis on the poetic work of former Senegalese president and poet, Leopold Sedar Senghor, was the subject of intellectual discourse at the Sorbonne University here during the weekend. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- During the 30 years of Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda's dictatorship, every printed verse was viewed with suspicion and although people lost their jobs, even their lives for songs, short stories or poems considered hostile to the regime, Malawian poets devised ways of beating the system. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Canadian essayist Robin Philpot alleges in a new book, "Ca ne s'est pas passé comme ca a Kigali" (It Did Not Happen That Way In Kigali), that the US government played a part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which left nearly a million people dead. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's first international book fair will be held from 9 to 18 May in Nouakchott under the chair of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, informed sources told PANA here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has decided to join a project designed to supply books to all public libraries in Senegal's 11 regions, diplomatic sources have said here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Former Prime Minister Edem Kodjo of Togo has launched his first novel, "Au Commencement Etait le Glaive" ("The Start of a Double-edged Sword"), at a news conference held in Paris, the French capital. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Former Ivorian Youth, Sports and Leisure Minister Geneviève Bro-Grébé's Sunday launched a book on her country's current political crisis at the 24th International Book Fair which opened Friday in Paris. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- At least 70 writers and 23 publishers will attend a major meeting devoted to African literature from 26 February to 1 March in Bamako, Mali, one of the invited participants told PANA here Thursday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese writer, Khadi Hane, who published "Le collier de paille" in 2002 at Ndzé publishers in Paris, will settle from 23 February to 1 March in the ancient Malian learning centre of Timbuktu. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Francophone Literature Researchers Association (ACLF) has planned a ceremony to pay tribute to the late Ivorian writer, Ahmadou Kourouma, who died on 11 December in Lyon, ACLF vice-president Frederic Giguet announced here Thursday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has urged Africans promote their cultural heritage including their literature as part of their contribution to universal culture. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Reknown Congolese writer Antoine Letembet-Ambily, who headed the country's Federation of Writers, died of heart attack Monday, according to a release issued here Tuesday by the Association of Congolese Writers and Artists. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Some 19 publishers specialising in African literature have formed an organisation, Afrilivres, aimed at ensuring better distribution of books in Africa, Michel Cadence, one of the promoters of the initiative, told PANA. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Four African writers will take part in the "Portes d'Afrique" (Doors of Africa) tour aimed at giving "positive image" of the continent through a nine-month sea journey, organisers told PANA. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The second edition of Fest'Africa, the African writers' festival, ended Sunday in Lille, north France, with a tribute to two leading African poets who died last year. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Es'kia, a collection of nearly 40 years of writing by the internationally acclaimed South African writer, Es'kia Mphahlele, was launched Tuesday night at a lavish function in Midrand near Pretoria. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Moved by a growing attitude of people taking advantage of distress and emotions of others to make money, Senegalese novelist Aminata Sow Fall has come up with a title that she claims, "searches human nature. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A vaccuum in the African literary scene in recent years is now being ably filled by the continent's talented women writers. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Several writers, men of letters, historians, journalists and academicians from Arab and African countries are holding a four-day conference on the literary work of Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's Culture minister Pascal Baba Coulibaly has announced a decision by the government to ratify the Florence Convention. Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association is calling for short stories for radio from talented writers for the 2002 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Full text...