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Tag: Yvonne Adhiambo Owour

Distribution Fiction Kenya Nigeria

Yvonne Adhiambo Owour’s “The Dragonfly Sea” for OneRead App in December 2020.

James Murua December 1, 2020 No Comments One Read AppThe Dragonfly SeaYvonne Adhiambo Owour

The One Read App offering for December, Yvonne Adhiambo Owour’s The Dragonfly Sea, was revealed today, December 1, 2020. One Read is a mobile application,…

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Festivals Kenya Somalia

Nuruddin Farah to launch book at Kwani? Litfest 2016

James Murua November 23, 2015 No Comments Boris Boubacar DiopFOKN BoisKwani LitfestKwani?Nuruddin FarahProf. Aldin MutembeiSiphiwo MahalaTaiye SelasiWu MingYvonne Adhiambo Owour

The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a gathering of writers, artists and thinkers from across Africa, takes place every two years happens in Nairobi, Kenya…

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Kisumu global ambassador Yvonne Adhiambo Owour for Open Book

James Murua September 9, 2015 No Comments Bwesigye bwa MwesigireOpen Book Cape TownOpen Book Cape Town 2015Yvonne Adhiambo Owour

Yvonne Adhiambo Owour is having a red letter kind of year. On the literary side her debut novel is getting accolades right left and centre…

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Etisalat Prize Winner 2014 Songeziwe Mahlangu in Nairobi readings

James Murua April 23, 2015 1 Comment Billy KahoraEtisalat PrizeEtisalat Prize 2014Henry Ole KuletNgala ChomeSongeziwe MahlanguYvonne Adhiambo Owour

South African writer Songeziwe Mahlangu, author of Penumbra and the winner of the Etisalat Prize 2014 will be in Nairobi for an afternoon of readings…

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Top Writers in New African 100 most influential list.

James Murua November 28, 2014 2 Comments Binyavanga WainainaChimamanda AdichieFatou DiomeNgugi Wa ThiongoNoviolet BulawayoTeju ColeTolu OgunlesiWole SoyinkaYvonne Adhiambo Owour

The New African magazine has published its highly regarded 100 Hundred Most Influential Africans 2014 and it has some of what the team who run…

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