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Angela Makholwa, Candice Carty-Williams on Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 shortlist.

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Angela Makholwa, Candice Carty-Williams on Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 shortlist.

James Murua June 8, 2020 No Comments Angela Makholwa The Blessed Girl

Angela Makholwa and Candice Carty-Williams are on the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 shortlist announced today, June 8, 2020. The Comedy Women in Print…

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Angela Makholwa. Photo/Goethe-Institut / Julian Manjahi.

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Angela Makholwa’s “The Blessed Girl” on UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize longlist.

James Murua April 20, 2020 1 Comment Angela Makholwa The Blessed Girl

Angela Makholwa’s novel The Blessed Girl is on Comedy Women in Print Prize longlist announced today, April 20, 2020. The Comedy Women in Print Prize…

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Sunday Times 2018 longlist

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The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 longlist announced

James Murua April 3, 2018 1 Comment A Gap in The Hedge A Handful of Earth Accident Dawn Achmat Dangor Angela Makholwa Asylum B&N Barbara Boswell Bare Ground Bird-Monk Seding Blackbird Books Chwayita Ngamlana Clockwork Books Dancing The Death Drill Deep South Dikeledi Dominique Botha Fiona Melrose Fiona Snyckers Francois Smith Fred Khumalo Garisch Grace Human and Rousseau I Am Pandarus If I Stay Right Here Imitation Ingrid Winterbach Jacana Media Johan Vick Louw Johannesburg Jonathan Ball Publishers Leonhard Praeg Lesego Rampolokeng Little Brown Marcus Low Maxine Case MF Books Joburg Michael Heyns Micheil Hyens Modjadji Books Neil Sonnekus New Times Paige Nick Pan Macmillan Penguin Books Peter Harris Picador Africa Rehana Rossouw Selling LipService Simon Bruinders SJ Naude Softness of the Lime Son/Seun Spire Tafelberg Tammy Baikkie Thabiso Mofokeng The Blessed Girl The Camp Whore The Last Stop The Shallows The Third Reel UKZN Press Umuzi Unpresidented

The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 longlist for the Barry Rouge Fiction Prize was announced on April 1, 2018. In 1989, South African newspaper The…

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Angela Makholwa and Patricia Kihoro

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Angela Makholwa, Patricia Kihoro headline Goethe Nairobi’s Artistic Encounters

James Murua October 31, 2017 2 Comments Angela Makholwa Artistic Encounters Goethe Goethe Nairobi Patricia Kihoro The Blessed Girl

South African author Angela Makholwa is set to co-feature at the final Goethe-Institut Nairobi’s Artistic Encounters on November 9th, 2017 with singer and actress Patricia…

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