Written by Yewande Omotoso I remember being about 15, I was in high school and we had to do the Special Author Project. I chose Toni Morrison as my author. I’d initially chosen Mariama Ba and her beautiful work ‘So...
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PEN International has released its 2018 Case List, which details the global threats to freedom of expression documented over the last calendar year, including attacks, harassment, imprisonment and murders of writers and journalists. In his introduction to the 2018 Case...
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PEN SA is saddened by the loss of Kenyan writer and activist Binyavanga Wainaina, who died on 21 May 2019 at the age of 48 following a stroke. Simultaneously, we are emboldened by the legacy he has left as a...
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PEN International strongly condemns the assassination of Alaa Mashthob Abboud, a well-known and award-winning Iraqi novelist who was shot dead on 2 February 2019 by an unknown armed group. According to police and eye-witness reports, Abboud was shot dead outside his house...
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Following up on the Media Institute of Southern Africa’s State of Media Freedom report, which we shared last week, PEN International has released its 2017 Case List, in which our colleagues have detailed threats to freedom of expression worldwide over...
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