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Tade Thompson’s Rosewater on Prix Utopiales 2020 shortlist.

Tade Thompson’s Rosewater is on the shortlist of the Prix Utopiales 2020 announced on June 16, 2020. The Prix Utopiales is a literary prize handed…

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Tade Thompson on British Science Fiction Awards 2019 shortlists.

James Murua February 11, 2020 No Comments Tade Thompson

Two of Tade Thompson’s works are on the British Science Fiction Awards 2019 shortlist announced on February 10, 2020. Since 1970, the British Science Fiction…

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Tade Thompson’s “The Rosewater Insurrection” came out on March 12.

James Murua August 12, 2019 1 Comment Orbit Tade Thompson The Rosewater Insurrection

Tade Thompson’s The Rosewater Insurrection, the second in the Wormwood Trilogy series, became available to the reading public on March 12, 2019. On July 17,…

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Tade Thompson is UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 winner.

James Murua July 18, 2019 1 Comment Arthur C Clarke Award Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 Rosewater Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson was announced the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 for his novel Rosewater on July 17, 2019. The Arthur C. Clarke…

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Tade Thompson on UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist.

James Murua May 7, 2019 No Comments Arthur C Clarke Award Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 Rosewater Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson is on the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist announced for his novel Rosewater. The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious…

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Tade Thompson on British Science Fiction Association Awards 2018 shortlist.

James Murua February 22, 2019 1 Comment British Science Fiction Association Awards British Science Fiction Association Awards 2018 Rosewater Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson is on the British Science Fiction Association Awards 2018 shortlist for his novel Rosewater. The British Science Fiction Association Awards are presented annually…

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Nommo Awards 2018 winners announced at Ake Festival 2018.

James Murua October 29, 2018 No Comments Ake Festival Ake Festival 2018 Kwabena Ofei Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2018 Setor Fiadzigbey Tade Thompson Tochi Onyebuchi Wole Talabi

The Nommo Awards 2018 winners were announced at the opening ceremony for the Ake Festival 2018 on October 26. They are Tade Thompson, Kwabena Ofei,…

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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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Nommo Awards 2017 awarded at the Ake Festival 2017

James Murua November 18, 2017 No Comments Ake Festival Ake Festival 2017 Avonome Binti Nnedi Okorafor Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2017 Rosewater Tade Thompson Tendai Huchu The Marriage Plot Tony Ilube Who Will Greet You At Home. Lesley Nneka Arimah

The Nommo Awards 2017 were handed out at the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival 2017.In 2016, the African Speculative Fiction Society announced itself on…

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African Speculative Fiction Society announces Nommo Awards 2017 contenders

James Murua April 5, 2017 No Comments A Igoni Barrett African Speculative Fiction Society Akinwade Ayodeji Akinola Might of Guardian Prime Avonome Azanian Bridges Azotus The Kingdom Binti Blackass Blaize Kaye Chike Newman Nwankwo Dilman Dila Hell Freezes Over Ibrahim Ganiyu Innocent Immaculate Acan Jide Martin June 12 Lesley Nneka Arimah Mame Bougouma Diene Muthi Nhlema Ndakusuwa Nick Wood Nikhil Singh Nnedi Okorafor Nommo Awards Nommo Awards 2017 Rosewater Shadreck Chikoti Stanley Obende Sundown Ta O’Reva Tade Thompson Taty Went West Tendai Huchu The Flying Man of Stone The Last Pantheon The Marriage Plot Toheeb Deen Ipaye Wednesday’s Story Who Will Greet You At Home Wole Talabi Xavier Ighorodje

The African Speculative Fiction Society announced the contenders for the Nommo Awards 2017 on April 4, 2017. The writers announced are shortlisted for Best Novel,…

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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016

James Murua September 30, 2016 1 Comment Ake Festival Ake Festival 2016 Alain Mabanckou Chinelo Okparanta Helon Habila Jowhor Ile Laila Lalami Laolu Senbanjo Ngugi Wa Thiongo Noviolet Bulawayo Odafe Atogun Okey Ndibe Panashe Chigumadzi Petina Gappah Sarah Ladipo Manyika Tade Thompson Teju Cole Tendai Huchu Toni Kan

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe…

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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…