Tag: 9mobile Prize for Literature

  • Ayobami Adebayo is 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 winner.

    Ayobami Adebayo is 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 winner.

    It has emerged that Ayobami Adebayo is the winner of the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 for her debut novel Stay With Me today, August 8, 2019. The 9mobile Prize for Literature was started as the Etisalat Prize for African literature to showcase the new writing talent coming out of the continent. As the Etisalat…

  • Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Marcus Low make 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist

    Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Marcus Low make 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist

    The 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 shortlist has been announced and the three writers in the running for Africa’s richest prize for a debut novel are Ayobami Adebayo, Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Marcus Low. The 9mobile Prize for Literature was born in 2013 as the Etisalat Prize for African literature as a platform to showcase…

  • 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced

    9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced

    The nine books on the longlist for the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017, formerly the Etisalat Prize, have been announced. The 9mobile Prize for Literature was born in 2013 as the Etisalat Prize for Literature to showcase the best in African literature. The prize, then sponsored by Nigerian telecommunications company Etisalat, was open to a…