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Elshadai Tesfaye wins Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars 2017

James Murua October 16, 2017 2 Comments A Boy Named Koko Adipo Sidang Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars 2017 Burt Awards Burt Awards 2017 Elshadai Tesfaye Ruby Yayra Goka The Step-Monster

Elshadai Tesfaye is the winner of the Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars 2017. The announcement was made at a ceremony at the…

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Storymoja Festival at 10

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Storymoja Festival 2017 set for Nairobi

James Murua September 18, 2017 No Comments Abdi Latif Dahir Abigail Arunga Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Adedayo Adeniyi Aleya Kassam Beth Wanjiku Ndirangu Billy Kahora Boniface Mwangi Bushra al-Fadil Clifford Oluoch Dr. Mordecai Ogada Edna Gicovi Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elshadai Tesfaye Esther Nshakira Fathia Hassan Moussa Fauza Beltz Hillary Namunyu Ian Arunga Iman Verjee Janet Onyango John Gitau Mbaria Julie Muriuki Kariuki wa Nyamu Kinyanjui Kombani Lea Kilenga Leonard Mindore Liz Kilili Mara Menzies Maryana Munyendo Milka Chepkorir Kuto Muthoni wa Gichuru Muthuri Kinyamu Mwarv (Mwangi Kirubi)Nahida Esmail Natasha Muloko Nyana Kakoma Oswald Okaitei Owaahh Patrick Miller (Millz)Pauline Kea Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa Rasna Warah Rebecca Nandwa Rose Wangari Ruby Yayra Goka Sir Mohinder Dhillon Storymoja Festival Storymoja Festival 2017 Tumiso L. Thomas William E. Mkufya XN Iraki

An epic running of the Storymoja Festival 2017 is set for September 27 – October 1 in Nairobi, Kenya. The festival theme this year is…

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Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 All Stars Clockwise from top left: Nahida Esmail, William E. Mkufya, Ruby Yayra Goka, Elizabeth-Irene Baitie. Centre: Elshadai Tesfaye

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Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 All Stars unveiled

James Murua September 8, 2017 1 Comment Aiming for the Summit Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 Burt Awards Burt Awards 2017 CODE-Ethiopia Digibooks Ghana Ltd Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elshadai Tesfaye Face Under the Sea Kwadwoan Publishing Mangrove Publishers Mkuki na Nyota Nahida Esmail Ruby Yayra Goka The Step-Monster The Twelfth Heart Waiting for the Sun William E. Mkufya

The shortlist for the Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 All Stars has been unveiled. The Burt Award was started in Tanzania in…

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