WEST AFRICA POLITICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION


The West African Writers Association (WAPOWA), founded in January 2008, is a West African countries-based cultural institution “born in the larger crucible of Pan Africanism. It is an umbrella body of political writers’ associations on the African continent and the Diaspora.

Mission: to strengthen the cultural and economic bonds between the people on the African continent against the background of the continent’s acknowledged diverse but rich cultural, political and economic heritage.


Previous Events

Discussion on Post-COVID Agenda for Literary Activism

August, 2020

A discourse on African political Writers

March, 2020

News & Press Releases

INAUGURATION OF THE 2021 WAPOWA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTION COMMITTEES.

ABOUT THE PAN- AFRICAN LITERATURE PRIZE

West Africa Political writers award for for National and international development.

Culture must have a central place in the political agendas of nations because it plays a major role in the development of people….

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