An acclaimed Ghanian novelist and poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes will be in Rwanda this weekend and lead a creative writing workshop. The session will be interactive and provide a chance for developing and sharing your own writing.
This is a unique opportunity for writers and aspiring writers in Kigali to get inspiration and advice from one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary African literature. Parkes’ novel Tail of the Blue Bird (Random House) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize.
A 2007 recipient of Ghana’s national ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy, he has held visiting positions at the University of Southampton and California State University and delivered lectures and talks on poetry and creative writing at universities internationally.
As a poet he has published several pamphlets and his latest books of poetry are the Michael Marks Award-shortlisted Ballast: a remix (2009), described in the Guardian as, “An astonishing, powerful remix of history and language” and The Makings of You (Peepal Tree Press).
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