Tag: Babishai Niwe Poetry Award
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Uganda’s Babishai Poetry Festival 2017 set for August
The Babishai Poetry Festival 2017, the third for the organisers, is set for Uganda in August 4-6. The Babishai Poetry Festival was first hosted in Kampala in 2015. That festival was the natural growth of the Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize which was born as the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Prize in 2008 as a prize for…
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Kenyan and Nigerian are joint Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2016 winners
Kenyan Sanya Noel and Nigerian Moyosore Orimoloye are joint Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2016 winners. The announcement was made at a fancy do at the Fang Fang Restaurant in Kampala Uganda at the close of the Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival 2016. Kampala, Uganda was the host of a series of events for adults and children which…
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The Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation 2016 poetry prizes
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation has announced a call-out for its prizes for 2016. In previous years, the foundation had the Babishai Poetry Award which has been running since 2009. Previous winners of the prize include Adeeko Ibukun (2015), Tom Jalio (2014), Rashida Namulondo (2013), Susan Piwang (2012), Sanyu Kisaka (2011), Sophie Alal Brenda (2010)…
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Adeeko Ibukun wins the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award 2015
The Babishai Niwe Poetry Award for 2015 where an African poet goes home with $1000 went to Adeeko Ibukun for his poem “A Room With A Drowning Book.” The poetry award which was the highlight of the Babishai Poetry Festival was handed out by the President of the Association of Nigerian Authors Prof Remi Raji…