Tag: Arinze Ifeakandu
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The Future Awards Africa Prize 2022 nominees announced.
TJ Benson, Arinze Ifeakandu, and Eloghosa Osunde are the literature nominees at Nigeria’s Future Awards Africa Prize 2022. The revelation was made on February 6, 2022. The Future Awards Africa recognizes and celebrates figures in a myriad of fields, between the ages of 18 and 31, who have done remarkable work during the past year.…
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Caine Prize workshop participants feature at #KigaliLit
The #KigaliLit session that happens regularly in Kigali, Rwanda this past month featured writers who had been attending the Caine Prize workshop in the East African country. They included previous Caine Prize shortlistees Bongani Kona (2016) and Arinze Ifeakandu (2017). #KigaliLit is an event hosted by Huza Press and other partners in Kigali, Rwanda featuring…
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Caine Prize for African Writing 2017 shortlist announced
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2017 shortlist announced today comprises Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Chikodili Emelumadu, Bushra al-Fadil, and Arinze Ifeakandu. The Caine Prize for African writing 2017 has announced its shortlist and it contains some names that we are familiar with as well as some we are not as familiar with.…
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Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize 2015 shortlist out
We have a shortlist. After the longlist which had many many Africans, the judges led by Mildred Barya of the Babishai Niwe Poetry, Africa’s only indigenous one last time I checked, is out. The winner of the Babishai Poetry Award 2015 will be announced during the Babishai Poetry Festival scheduled for 26 to 28 August…
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BN Poetry Award 2015 longlist unveiled
A few days ago I mentioned here that there is a poetry festival about to hit Kampala, Uganda in a few weeks. The festival, the Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival was started initially as the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award popularly known as the BN Poetry Award which is the only poetry prize on the African continent. Seriously,…