CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND FULL PAPERS

PAN AFRICAN WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM (PAWS 2025)

One-Day Pre-Conference, 3rd — 4th April 2025, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MAIN THEME:

Harnessing new and emerging technologies for sustainable publishing industry development in Africa.

SUBTHEMES:

  • ✅ Navigating the New Frontiers
  • ✅ Copyright and AI on authors’ rights
  • ✅ Academic Authorship Landscape in Africa
  • ✅ Capacity building and authorship transformation in Africa
  • ✅ Professionalizing authorship in the academic systems in Africa

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES:

📌 ABSTRACTS: 5th March 2025
📌 FULL PAPERS: 23rd March 2025
📌 SUBMIT TO: info@tanfwa.or.tz

📅 CONFERENCE DATE – 3RD APRIL 2025

TANFWA partners with International, Regional and National Literary works Stakeholders to share different s in authorship.

Online Seminars

TANFWA is set to conduct online seminars that are geared to increase writers skills and knowledge in authorship, copyright, book trade and publishing industry

Consultation

Our community is embedded with a diverse professions that play major part in the fiction and non-fiction authorship. TANFWA creates a free space for the members to seek professional consultancy information

Life Programs

TANFWA organize different life programs that enables members to dialogue for the purpose of enhancing their skills, knowledge at workplaces

50 Articles and books

20 Writers

100 Satisfaction

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TANFWA aims at promoting personal development of aspired and emerged academic and non-fiction writers by offering professional guidance in all aspects of authorship.

Our partners

Ministry of Education and Vocational training Tanzania Institute of Education COSOZA COSOTA NFF TLSB PATA PAWS

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