Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: winner and shortlistees invade Nairobi
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Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: winner and shortlistees invade Nairobi

Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: The Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is set to hold a series of literary events in Nairobi from Wednesday, June 15th – Saturday, June 18th 2016. The event will be aimed at celebrating the shortlisted writers and winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is […]

New Etisalat Prize Judges 2016 seek your entry (Self-published folks need not apply)
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New Etisalat Prize Judges 2016 seek your entry (Self-published folks need not apply)

The Etisalat Prize Judges 2016 were announced yesterday and they are already looking for your submissions. Only books by debutant authors from publishing houses who have published in the last 24 months are eligible. The current holder of the prize is Fiston Mujila who was announced a few months ago. The judges for the Etisalat […]

Etisalat Prize for African literature tomorrow (free tickets)
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Etisalat Prize for African literature tomorrow (free tickets)

All literary roads in Lagos, Nigeria head to the Intercontinental Hotel on Victoria Island as the winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is announced tomorrow. The event will see either Penny Busetto, Fiston Mwanza Mujila or Rehana Rossouw go home much richer than they were at the beginning of the ceremony. There were […]

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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015: Lets go people

The time has arrived ladies and gentlemen. The judges of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 were announced and now they are waiting for the books to judge. The organising committee of the awards now in their third year have a made a call out for debut novels from African writers. So if you are […]

Etisalat Prize for African literature unveils 2015 judges
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Etisalat Prize for African literature unveils 2015 judges

The judges for this year’s edition of the Etisalat Prize for African literature are Ato Quayson who is chairing alongside Molara Wood and Zukiswa Wanner. The announcement was made at the yesterday in Lagos, Nigeria. The Etisalat Prize for African writing is the richest prize for a first book to come from an African author […]

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Images from the Etisalat Prize Party in Nairobi

A few Sundays ago the winner of the Etisalat Prize for African Literature Songeziwe Mahlangu author of Penumbra was in town to show his stuff to the Nairobi crowd. The organisers of the event, Kwani Trust, hosted a great shindig taking the opportunity to bring in a host of other folks like Henry Ole Kulet […]

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Yejide Kilanko new book Chasing Butterflies now out

Nigerian born writer Yejide Kilanko’s debut novel Daughters Who Walk This Path is about a young woman called Morayo who grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-day Ibadan. Life is cool until her troubled cousin Bros T moving in with the family until he forces her to have to deal with […]

Etisalat Prize Winner 2014 Songeziwe Mahlangu in Nairobi readings
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Etisalat Prize Winner 2014 Songeziwe Mahlangu in Nairobi readings

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 and conversations. The event on Sunday, May 3rd will also feature veteran Kenyan writer, Henry Ole Kulet, Caine prize winner Yvonne Adhiambo Owour, historian Ngala Chome and Kwani Trust Managing […]

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Etisalat Prize Shortlist 2014 announced

And then there were three. The judges for the Etisalat Prize for African literature have whittled down the long list of writers and those next in the line were announced. The three shortlistees in the running for next awards are Nadia Davids, for An Imperfect Blessing (Random House Struik-Umuzi), Chinelo Okparanta for Happiness Like Water […]

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2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature longlist announced

The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature was announced by the panel of judges earlier today. They are; An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids Whoever Fears the Sea by Justin Fox The Thunder that Roars by Imran Garda Penumbra by Songeziwe Mahlangu Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Fresh Air and other stories by […]