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Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists

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African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists announced

James Murua April 19, 2018 No Comments A Door Ajar Adeleye Yusuf African Speculative Fiction Society After the Flare AKATA WARRIOR Binti: Home Chinelo Onwualu Deji Olokotun Deon Meyer easts Made of Night Eru Fallow Fever Gavin Chait Guardian Prime Genesis Henrietta Rose-Innes Hero Kakere Iretyi Bidemi Jide Martin John Cockshaw Kelechi Issac Kwabena Ofei Lake of Stars Masha du Toit Michael Balogun Nerine Dorman Nnedi Okorafor Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2018 On the Other Side of the Sea Our Memory Like Dust Ozo Ezeogu Quest & The Sign of the Shining Beast Read Before Use Robert S Malan Setor Fiadzigbey Sibongile Fisher Snake Story Sofia Samatar Tade Thompson The Murders of Molly Southbourne The Real Tobe Ezeogu Tochi Onyebuchi Wale Awelenje

The Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists for the best novel, novella, short story and graphic novel by an African this year have been announced. The Nommo…

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Nnedi Okorafor

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Nnedi Okorafor makes Hugo Awards 2018 shortlists

James Murua April 1, 2018 1 Comment AKATA WARRIOR Binti: Home Hugo Awards Hugo Awards 2018 Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor’s two books Binti: Home and Akata Warrior are on the Hugo Awards 2018 shortlist announced on March 31, 2018. The two have been…

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Clockwise from top left: Peter Kimani, Nnedi Okorafor, Trevor Noah, Ayobami Adebayo

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Kimani, Adebayo, Okorafor, Noah make New York Times Notable Books of 2017

James Murua December 11, 2017 1 Comment AKATA WARRIOR Ayobami Adebayo BORN A CRIME Dance of the Jakaranda Nnedi Okorafor Peter Kimani Stay with Me Trevor Noah

Peter Kimani, Ayobami Adebayo, Nnedi Okorafor, and Trevor Noah have made the New York Times Notable Books of 2017. The New York Times, a US…

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