Namuhla lilanga lelibalulekile kubabhali balapha e Afrika njengaloku kubanjwa umcimbi wekubungata iminyaka lengema-34 ye International African Writers' Day, leyacala kugujwa mhla ka-7 kuLweti 1989, e Accra, Ghana. Lomcimbi utawendlalwelwa ngumbutsano lomkhuou wabo babhali baseAfrica lobitwa nge-International African Writers Conference. Kepha kuyiva kahle lendzaba asemukele umcondzisi we South African Literary Awards (SALA), Morakabe Raks Seakhoa.