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9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced

James Murua December 8, 2017 1 Comment 9mobile Prize for Literature 9mobile Prize for Literature 2018 A Casualty of Power Anietie Isong Asylum Ayobami Adebayo Being Kari Bronwyn Law-Viljoen Canongate Books David Cornwell Doreen Baingana Harry Garuba Jacaranda Books Kachifo Limited Kwela Books Lesley Nneka Arimah Like it Matters Marcus Low Mukuka Chipanta Odafe Atogun Penguin Random House Picador Africa Qarnita Loxton Radio Sunrise Siphiwo Mahala Stay with Me Taduno’s Song The Printmaker Weaver Press What it Means When a Man Falls Down from the Sky

The nine books on the longlist for the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017, formerly the Etisalat Prize, have been announced. The 9mobile Prize for Literature…

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Awards South Africa

Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced

James Murua May 16, 2016 No Comments Achmat Dangor Alan Patton Award Alastair Bruce Barry Ronge Prize Boy on the Wire Charles van Onselen Claire Robertson Craig Higginson David Attwell Green Lion Henrietta Rose-Innes Hunger Eats a Man Jacana Media JM Coetzee and the Life of Writing Jonathan Ball Publishers Khaya Dlanga Kwela Books Macmillan MF Books/Jacana Media Nkosinathi Sithole Papwa: Golf’s Lost Legend by Maxine Case Penguin Picador Africa Pumla Dineo Gqola Rape: A South African Nightmare Showdown at the Red Lion Sunday Times Literary Awards Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 The Dream House The Magistrate of Gower To Quote Myself: A Memoir Umuzi

The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 were announced over the weekend. There are two awards available to the writers in the awards;…

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Book Reviews Nigeria

A review of Ifeanyi Ajaegbo’s Sarah House

James Murua April 16, 2014 1 Comment Ifeanyi Ajaegbo Picador Africa Sarah House

Book: Sarah House Author: Ifeanyi Ajaegbo Publisher: Picador Africa Publishing Date: 2012 Number of pages: 199 Modern day slavery. Not the old time version where…

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