Aminatta Forna makes Ondaatje Prize 2019 shortlist.
Aminatta Forna is on the Ondaatje Prize 2019 shortlist announced today, April 17, 2019, for her novel Happiness. The Royal […]
The Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist features three Africans
The Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist, featuring Aminatta Forna, Emmanuel Iduma, and Jamal Mahjoub, was announced on […]
Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019
Aminatta Forna is set to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019. She will be joined by four other judges. The […]
No Africans for Windham Campbell Prize in 2016
There were no Africans in the Windham Campbell Prize selections that were announced earlier in the month. Sob. So every […]
Aminatta Forna makes Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a $50,000 biennial prize funded by a generous endowment from the Neustadt family […]
Teju Cole, Helon Habila, and Ivan Vladislavić get paid! #WindamCampellPrize2015
We have a winner or rather a list of winners for the Winham Campbell Prize 2015. And just like last […]
Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the […]
Aminatta Forna receives her prize at Windham Campbell Festival
A few months ago I mentioned that Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna was one of the recipients of this years […]
Aminatta Forna inspires South Sudan political prisoners
Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is quite well known to many for her books which include a memoir, The Devil […]
Aminatta Forna is Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction 2014 recipient
Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is one of the eight winners of the 2014 edition of the Windham Campbell Prize. […]