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Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, Akwaeke Emezi are National Book Awards 2019 finalists.

Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, and Akwaeke Emezi are finalists for the US National Book Awards 2019 announced on October 8, 2019. The US National Book…

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Scholastique Mukasonga on US National Book Awards 2019 longlist.

James Murua September 17, 2019 1 Comment Scholastique Mukasonga The barefoot woman

Scholastique Mukasonga’s novel The Barefoot Woman is on the longlist for the US National Book Awards 2019 announced on September 17, 2019. The US National…

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Scholastique Mukasonga’s “The barefoot woman” available in Spanish.

James Murua August 13, 2019 No Comments Scholastique Mukasonga The barefoot woman

Scholastique Mukasonga’s The Barefoot Woman was translated into Spanish in 2018. Scholastique Mukasonga is a Rwandan author of the novels Notre-Dame du Nil (2012) (English…

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Scholastique Mukasonga novel “Our Lady of the Nile” now in German.

James Murua November 12, 2018 1 Comment Our Lady of the Nile Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga’s novel Our Lady of the Nile which we mentioned as being in film production is now available for readers in German as The…

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Scholastique Mukasonga novel “Our Lady of the Nile” in film production.

James Murua November 9, 2018 No Comments Our Lady of the Nile Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga’s novel Our Lady of the Nile is currently in film production and will be in cinemas in 2019. Rwandan Scholastique Mukasonga is an…

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Scholastique Mukasonga is French-America Foundation Translation Prize 2017 finalist

James Murua March 21, 2017 No Comments Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga book Cockroaches is a finalist for French-America Foundation Translation Prize 2017. It was translated from French into English by Jordan Stump and published…

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Scholastique Mukasonga makes Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2017 shortlist

James Murua February 24, 2017 No Comments Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is the running for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2017. The book has been translated into English from the French by…

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Scholastique Mukasonga on International Dublin Literary Award 2016 shortlist

James Murua April 12, 2016 2 Comments International Dublin Literary Award International Dublin Literary Award 2016 Our Lady of the Nile Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga has made the International Dublin Literary Award 2016 shortlist. Also on that list is A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James who won…

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Africans galore on International Dublin Literary Award 2016 longlist

James Murua November 10, 2015 No Comments All Our Names Boy Snow Bird Dinaw Mengestu Helen Oyeyemi Imraan Coovadia International Dublin Literary Award International Dublin Literary Award 2016 Laila Lalami Mandla Langa Marlon James Our Lady of the Nile Rachel’s Blue Scholastique Mukasonga Tales of the Metric System The Moor’s Account The Texture of Shadows Zakes Mda

The International Dublin Literary Award, formerly known as the IMPAC Award, is the richest in the world for a single work of fiction in English…

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FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced

James Murua August 11, 2015 6 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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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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