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Masande Ntshanga kicks off day four of Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 3.

James Murua May 28, 2020 4 Comments Afrolit Sans Frontieres Masande Ntshanga

Masande Ntshanga kicked off day four of Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 3 from Cape Town, South Africa on May 28, 2020. He was hosted by…

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Africans feature on UK Society of Authors’ Awards 2018 Shortlist.

Society of Authors’ Awards Shortlist 2018 features four African nationals. The four are Anietie Isong, Masande Ntshanga, Kayo Chingonyi, and Omar Robert Hamilton. The Society…

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Masande Ntshanga makes Saboteur Awards 2018 shortlist

James Murua April 18, 2018 No Comments Jacaranda Books Masande Ntshanga Saboteur Awards Saboteur Awards 2018 The Reactive

South African Masande Ntshanga is on the Saboteur Awards 2018 shortlist for his debut novel The Reactive. The book was published by Jacaranda Books. UK…

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Caine Prize Workshop 2016 in Zambia concludes

James Murua March 30, 2016 1 Comment Billy Kahora Bwanga Kapumpa Caine Prize Workshop Caine Prize Workshop 2016 Chilufya Chilangwa Dr Lizzy Attree Ellah Allfrey Elnathan John FT Kola Jamal Mahjoub Kafula Mwila Masande Ntshanga Namwali Serpell Noviolet Bulawayo Okwiri Oduor Parker Bilal Timwa Lipenga Tope Folarin Workshop

The annual Caine Prize Workshop ended yesterday at the Chaminuka Lodge near Lusaka, Zambia. The participants included previous winners of the Caine Prize, those shortlisted…

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Artists In Residency 2015 finalists announced!

James Murua December 9, 2015 1 Comment Doreen Baingana Gabeba Baderoon John Sibi-Okumu Kerry Hammerton Lauren Beukes Liam Kruger Masande Ntshanga Nana Oforiatta Ayim Sibabalwe Oscar Masinyana Sindiwe Magona Susan Kiguli Titilope Sonuga Togara Muzanenhamo Tsitsi Dangarembga

The Artists In Residency (AIR) programme has provided artists across discipline (visual arts; literary arts; performing arts; music & film) with the opportunity to participate…

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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 longlist announced

James Murua November 12, 2015 No Comments as Told by Herself By Any Means Chigozie Obioma Etisalat Prize for Literature Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 Fiston Mwanza Mujila Ifeoluwapo Adeniyi (Nigeria)Kurt Ellis Masande Ntshanga Molara Wood On the Bank of the River Paula Marais Penny Busetto Professor Ato Quayson Rehana Rossouw Shadow Self The Fishermen The Reactive The Story of Anna P Tram 83 What About Meera What Will People Say?Z P Dala Zukiswa Wanner

The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature for 2015 was announced today. The prize launched in June 2013 as the first pan-African prize pen…

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Caine Prize for African Writing winner announced tonight

James Murua July 6, 2015 No Comments Caine Prize Caine Prize 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing Caine Prize for African Writing 2015 Elnathan John F. T. Kola Masande Ntshanga Namwali Serpell Segun Afolabi Zoë Wicomb

Its that day ladies and gentlemen. Tonight The Caine Prize for African Writing will be announcing its sixteenth winning writer at a kick ass dinner…

Book Events Kenya Uganda

Beatrice Lamwaka in Johannesburg, Oduor Jagero in Kampala

James Murua December 4, 2014 No Comments Beatrice Lamwaka Makhosazana Xaba Mandla Langa Masande Ntshanga Michele Magwood Oduor Jagero

For those in Kampala and Johannesburg there are some very cool literary events for you today. In Jozi, Caine Prize nominee 2011 Beatrice Lamwaka will…