Tag: Etisalat Prize for Literature
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9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 announces new judges with calls for entries
The 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 has announced its new judges as it made calls for entries for the new edition. On May 20, the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 was announced with pomp and funfair in Nigeria Lagos. Jowhor Ile would join the list of winners of what is slowly becoming the literary prize to…
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Jowhor Ile wins the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016
Jowhor Ile is the winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016. There was a buzz at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria when the most hype award ceremony in African literature happened on May 20, 2017. The event kicked off with poeting from one of the brightest in the today as Titilope Sonuga…
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Shakara Baby-chicks and Locomotive Tales: Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83 By Ato Quayson
Fiston Mwanza Mujila was the winner of the most recent Etisalat Prize for Literature in a ceremony in Lagos on 19th March 2016. The chief judge of the prize Ato Quayson who is a professor at the University of Toronto had very positive words to say about the book when he made the presentation…
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Images and videos from Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 ceremony
It was a big night for poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila on Saturday, 19th March 2016 as he was announced the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone…
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila is Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 winner
Fiston Mwanza Mujila is the winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 and the £15,000 prize money for his debut novel Tram 83. The announcement was made earlier today at the Intercontinental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. Tram 83 is story about two friends, one a budding writer home from abroad, the other an ambitious…
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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 Shortlist announced
Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Penny Busetto, and Rehana Rossouw are the three shortlisted authors for the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015.The shortlisted writers will be rewarded with a sponsored multi-city book tour and will also have 1,000 copies of their books purchased by Etisalat for distribution to schools, libraries, and book clubs across the Continent.The three…
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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 longlist announced
The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature for 2015 was announced today. The prize launched in June 2013 as the first pan-African prize pen solely to debut fiction writers of African citizenship has quickly established itself as one of the most prestigious literary prizes for African fiction. Previous winners of the prize include Noviolet…
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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015: Let’s go people
The time has arrived ladies and gentlemen. The judges of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 were announced and now they are waiting for the books to judge. The organising committee of the awards now in their third year has made a call out for debut novels from African writers. So if you are African…
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2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature Judging Panel out
The Etisalat Prize for African Literature has announced a new panel of judges for 2014. With last year’s former judge Sarah Ladipo Manyika remaining as Chair for continuity she is joined by Alain Mabanckou, Jamal Mahjoub, and Tsitsi Dangarembga. We knew Sarah Ladipo as one of the judges for the previous edition of the inaugural…