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Aminatta Forna makes Ondaatje Prize 2019 shortlist.

James Murua April 17, 2019 No Comments Aminatta FornaHappinessOndaatje PrizeOndaatje Prize 2019

Aminatta Forna is on the Ondaatje Prize 2019 shortlist announced today, April 17, 2019, for her novel Happiness. The Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize…

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The Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist features three Africans

James Murua March 29, 2019 No Comments Aminatta FornaEmmanuel IdumaJamal MahjoubOndaatje PrizeOndaatje Prize 2019

The Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist, featuring Aminatta Forna, Emmanuel Iduma, and Jamal Mahjoub, was announced on March 27, 2019. The Royal…

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Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019

James Murua January 30, 2019 No Comments Aminatta FornaScotiabank Giller PrizeScotiabank Giller Prize 2019

Aminatta Forna is set to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019. She will be joined by four other judges. The Giller Prize was founded in…

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No Africans for Windham Campbell Prize in 2016

James Murua March 7, 2016 No Comments Aminatta FornaHelon HabilaIvan VladislavićTeju ColeWindham Campbell PrizeWindham Campbell Prize 2016Zoë Wicomb

There were no Africans in the Windham Campbell Prize selections that were announced earlier in the month. Sob. So every year, we all eagerly look…

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Aminatta Forna makes Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016

James Murua May 29, 2015 No Comments Aminatta FornaNeustadt International Prize for LiteratureNeustadt 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 of Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Dallas.…

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Teju Cole, Helon Habila, and Ivan Vladislavić get paid! #WindamCampellPrize2015

James Murua February 25, 2015 1 Comment Aminatta FornaBlessing MusaririHelon HabilaIvan VladislavićTeju ColeWindham Campbell PrizeWindham Campbell Prize 2015

We have a winner or rather a list of winners for the Winham Campbell Prize 2015. And just like last year when Aminatta Forna was…

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Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

James Murua November 25, 2014 3 Comments AmericanahAminatta FornaChimamanda AdichieNoviolet BulawayoThe Hired ManWe need new names

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and…

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Aminatta Forna receives her prize at Windham Campbell Festival

James Murua September 26, 2014 No Comments Aminatta FornaWindham Campbell PrizeWindham Campbell Prize 2014

A few months ago I mentioned that Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna was one of the recipients of this years Windham Campbell Prize. The prize…

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Aminatta Forna inspires South Sudan political prisoners

James Murua May 13, 2014 1 Comment Aminatta Forna

Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is quite well known to many for her books which include a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water…

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Aminatta Forna is Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction 2014 recipient

James Murua March 11, 2014 2 Comments Aminatta FornaWindham Campbell Prize for FictionWindham Campbell Prize for Fiction 2014

Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is one of the eight winners of the 2014 edition of the Windham Campbell Prize. Donald Windham and Sandy M.…

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