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No Africans for Windham Campbell Prize in 2016

James Murua March 7, 2016 No Comments Aminatta Forna Helon Habila Ivan Vladislavić Teju Cole Windham Campbell Prize Windham Campbell Prize 2016 Zoë Wicomb

There were no Africans in the Windham Campbell Prize selections that were announced earlier in the month. Sob. So every year, we all eagerly look…

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Caine Prize for African Writing winner announced tonight

James Murua July 6, 2015 No Comments Caine Prize Caine Prize 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing Caine Prize for African Writing 2015 Elnathan John F. T. Kola Masande Ntshanga Namwali Serpell Segun Afolabi Zoë Wicomb

Its that day ladies and gentlemen. Tonight The Caine Prize for African Writing will be announcing its sixteenth winning writer at a kick ass dinner…

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Sunday Times Literature Prize 2015 shortlists out

James Murua May 17, 2015 No Comments A Man of Good Hope Arctic Summer Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-apartheid Struggle Damon Galgut DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism Elaine Proctor Imraan Coovadia Jacana Media Jacob Dlamini Jonathan Ball Publishers Jonny Steinberg Lindie Koorts Lost and Found in Johannesburg Maria Phalime Mark Gevisser October Postmortem: the Doctor Who Walked Away Quercus Sunday Times Literature Prize Sunday Times Literature Prize 2015 Tafelberg Tales of the Metric System The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga The Savage Hour Umuzi Zoë Wicomb

The Sunday Times Literary Awards are one of richest prizes for writers on the continent with winners in the two categories going home with R100…

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Caine Prize 2015 judging panel announced in Nigeria

James Murua November 21, 2014 2 Comments Ake Festival Ake Festival 2014 Brian Chikwava Caine Prize Caine Prize 2015 Lizzy Attree Zeinab Badawi Zoë Wicomb

The people who will be judging the Caine Prize for 2015 have been revealed. The announcement was made earlier today at the ongoing at the…

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