DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2024 — Applications are currently invited for the 2024/2025 cohort of the annual African Liberty Writing Fellowship.
An applicant has to be enrolled in, or must have graduated from, an African institution of higher learning. Or, be an African pursuing higher education outside the continent.
The African Liberty Writing Fellowship is a year-long programme designed to train young Africans with career interests in academia, media, public policy, or any other critical-and-analytical-writing-related career in opinion article writing.
Accepted applicants will complete a five-week mandatory online training. The top candidates from the five-week training will be admitted as African Liberty writing fellows. The five-week training starts on May 21, 2024 and ends on June 18, 2024. The writing fellowship starts on July 8, 2024 and ends on July 8, 2025.
Writing fellows will receive: access to expert instructors, 12-month writing fellowship, publication in Africa’s top newspapers, monthly stipend for top contributors, and an opportunity for TV and radio features.
The deadline for applications is April 30, 2024.
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