Tag: Dust
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Five kickass African novels that need to be made into movies
We need to see these five kickass African novels beloved by many become movies we can all watch at the movies. Those who attended the recently ended Writivism 2016 must have been pleased to find that they could watch one of the continents most beloved books turned movie; Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun.…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is the winner of the adult English category of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 for her book Dust. The writer has been having a good run with this her debut novel which is also in the running for the FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices. She has gotten nominations and shortlists for…
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FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced
A few weeks ago I talked about this amazing new opportunity for African creatives from the Oppenheimer fund supported by Financial Times. Oppenheimer is a conglomerate that made their millions in the diamond times while the Financial Times is a leading media voice from Europe. The Emerging Voices awards are aimed at various creative disciplines…
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FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out
In February I blogged about these FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards where writers, filmmakers, and visual artists would be eligible for cash prizes up to US$40,000 and more goodies. The organisers of the awards covering more than 100 emerging market nations announced their long lists. The fiction lists have some of our favourite writers…
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Mengestu Dinaw and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on Folio Prize long list
The Folio Prize is the first major English language book prize open to writers from around the world published in the UK.The prize is shaped by The Folio Prize Academy, an international group of people, mainly writers and critics, immersed in the world of books and plays a decisive role in selecting titles to be…
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FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices shortlists announced
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Top Names in Washington Post’s Top 50 fiction books for 2014
I really should have flagged this Top Fiction Books by the Washington Post in November but I somehow missed out on it. I really just discovered the list when some pals forwarded to me a link of one Ayelet Waldman who was #WhiningWhileWhite that she had failed to be included in the notable books of…
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A review of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s novel Dust
Book: Dust Author: Yvonne Adhiambo Owour Publisher: Kwani TrustPublication year: 2013 Number of pages: 385 Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor‘s book Dust came out last year when Kwani? Turned 10. It was slightly (OK really really) overshadowed when Nairobi went gaga over larger-than-life guest Chimamanda Adichie (check out her new story Why can’t he just be like…