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  • Dinaw Mengestu among New York Times 32 black male writers.

    Dinaw Mengestu among New York Times 32 black male writers.

    Dinaw Mengestu has been listed amongst the 32 black male writers of our time on the New York Times. The last decade has seen a burgeoning multiplicity in America’s literature, with gifted black men writing novels, poems and plays of great import. The New York Times’ Ayana Mathis has collated some of the most influential…

  • Makena Onjerika is Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 winner.

    Makena Onjerika is Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 winner.

    Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika is the Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 winner for her short story Fanta Blackcurrant, published in Wasafiri (2017). The ceremony was held for the second time in Senate House, in partnership with SOAS and the Centre for African Studies in the UK. The Caine Prize, awarded annually for African creative writing,…