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February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 James Murua

Meet the judges for the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018

Awards, Fiction, Zambia

Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Namwali Serpell, Ainehi Edoro-Glines and Mulenga Kapwepwe are the judges of the Kalemba Short Story Prize 2018. In October last year we posted a call out about

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September 16, 2015December 13, 2017 James Murua

The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here!

African Literary Festivals, Botswana, Ghana Literature, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Literature

The Storymoja Festival 2015 is here ladies and gentlemen! The hype and the tweets and the Facebook statuses and Instagram posts and the planning has culminated to one of the

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September 9, 2015December 5, 2016 James Murua

Namwali Serpell’s African invasion

African Literary Festivals, Zambia

Namwali Serpell became an instant celebrity in July this year when she was crowned Caine Prize winner. She also opted to shock and awe all involved when she decided that

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Namwali Serpell
July 7, 2015October 16, 2017 James Murua

Namwali Serpell wins Caine Prize 2015 (shocks everyone)

Awards, Fiction, Zambia

Namwali Serpell is the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2015. The Zambian was given the prize for her short story entitled The Sack from Africa39 (Bloomsbury, London,

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