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Five kickass African novels that need to be made into movies

We need to see these five kickass African novels beloved by many become movies we can all watch at the movies. Those who attended the…

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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015

James Murua September 28, 2015 5 Comments A scare in the Village Clara Momanyi Dust Edward Mwangi Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 Ken Walibora Kwani Trust Longhorn Publishers Moran Publishers (EA)Nasikia Sauti ya Mama Oxford University Press Pendo la karaha by John Habwe Stanley Gazemba The Tissue Boy Ushindi wa nakate Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is the winner of the adult English category of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 for her book Dust. The writer…

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FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced

James Murua August 11, 2015 4 Comments Archipelago Books Chigozie Obioma Dust FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices 2015 Granta Books Our Lady of the Nile Pushkin Press Scholastique Mukasonga The Fishermen Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

A few weeks ago I talked about this amazing new opportunity for African creatives from the Oppenheimer fund supported by Financial Times. Oppenheimer for those…

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FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out

James Murua June 12, 2015 No Comments A Igoni Barrett Archipelago Books Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol Chatto & Windus Chigozie Obioma Dust Faber & Faber FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 Granta Books Human & Rousseau Ingrid Winterbach It Might Get Loud Kamel Daoud Mandla Langa Nael Eltoukhy Oneworld Publications Our Lady of the Nile Picador Africa Pushkin Press Scholastique Mukasonga The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah The Fishermen The Meursault Investigation The Texture of Shadows Women of Karantina Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

In February I blogged about these FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards where writers, film makers and visual artists would be eligible for cash prizes…

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Mengestu Dinaw and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on Folio Prize long list

James Murua December 17, 2014 4 Comments Dust Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

The Folio Prize is the first major English language book prize open to writers from around the world published in the UK. The prize is…

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FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced

James Murua December 15, 2014 No Comments Archipelago Books Chigozie Obioma Dust FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices 2015 Granta Books Our Lady of the Nile Pushkin Press Scholastique Mukasonga The Fishermen Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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A review of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor novel Dust

James Murua February 19, 2014 7 Comments Dust Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Book: Dust Author: Yvonne Adhiambo Owour Publisher: Kwani Trust Publication year: 2013 Number of pages: 385 Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor‘s book Dust came out last…

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Five kickass African novels that need to be made into movies

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015

FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced

FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out

Mengestu Dinaw and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on Folio Prize long list

FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced

Top Names in Washington Post’s top 50 fiction books for 2014

A review of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor novel Dust