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Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists

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African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists announced

James Murua April 19, 2018 No Comments A Door Ajar Adeleye Yusuf African Speculative Fiction Society After the Flare AKATA WARRIOR Binti: Home Chinelo Onwualu Deji Olokotun Deon Meyer easts Made of Night Eru Fallow Fever Gavin Chait Guardian Prime Genesis Henrietta Rose-Innes Hero Kakere Iretyi Bidemi Jide Martin John Cockshaw Kelechi Issac Kwabena Ofei Lake of Stars Masha du Toit Michael Balogun Nerine Dorman Nnedi Okorafor Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2018 On the Other Side of the Sea Our Memory Like Dust Ozo Ezeogu Quest & The Sign of the Shining Beast Read Before Use Robert S Malan Setor Fiadzigbey Sibongile Fisher Snake Story Sofia Samatar Tade Thompson The Murders of Molly Southbourne The Real Tobe Ezeogu Tochi Onyebuchi Wale Awelenje

The Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists for the best novel, novella, short story and graphic novel by an African this year have been announced. The Nommo…

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African Speculative Fiction Society announces itself with Nommo Awards

James Murua September 1, 2016 1 Comment African Speculative Fiction Society Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu Chinelo Onwualu Dilman Dila Masimba Musodza Moses Kilolo Nerine Dorman Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2016 Shadrek Chikoti Sofia Samatar Tade Thompson

The African Speculative Fiction Society announces itself with a new recognition called The Nommo Awards. The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) is a new community…

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Anthologies South Africa

South African writers support their strays with new anthology

James Murua August 31, 2015 No Comments Alex Smith Arthur Attwell Beverly Rycroft Colleen Crawford Cousins Colleen Higgs Damon Galgut Diane Awerbuck Finuala Dowling Fiona Snyckers Gabeba Baderoon Gail Dendy Helen Moffett Henrietta Rose-Innes Isobel Dixon Ivan Vladislavić Jacqui L’Ange James Whyle Jenna Mervis Jenny Hobbs Joan Metelerkamp Julia Martin Justin Fox Liesl Jobson Makhosazana Xaba Margaret Clough Michael Cope Michiel Heyns Mmatshilo Motsei Nerine Dorman Niq Mhlongo Paige Nick Richard de Nooy Robert Berold Robyn Goss Rustum Kozain S.A. Partridge Sarah Lotz Sindiwe Magona Siphiwo Mahala Thando Mgqolozana Tom Eaton Yewande Omotoso Zukiswa Wanner

In 1985, American artists led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie came up with a song called We Are The World to help the people…

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Anthologies Events South Africa

‘Terra Incognita’ and ‘Follow The Road’ launch in Cape Town

James Murua March 23, 2015 1 Comment Chinelo Onwualu Diane Awerbuck Dilman Dila Follow The Road Gail Dendy Modjaji books Nerine Dorman Nick Mulgrew Phillip Steyn Rachel Zadok Short Story Day Africa Terra Incognita Tiah Beautement Toby Bennett

Short Story Day Africa (SSDA) first came to the attention to some of us when it was won by Kenyan writer Okwiri Oduor in 2013.…

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