Tag: Etisalat Prize
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Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: winner and shortlistees invade Nairobi
Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: The Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is set to hold a series of literary events in Nairobi from Wednesday, June 15th – Saturday, June 18th 2016. The event will be aimed at celebrating the shortlisted writers and winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is…
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Etisalat Prize for African literature tomorrow (free tickets)
All literary roads in Lagos, Nigeria head to the Intercontinental Hotel on Victoria Island as the winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is announced tomorrow. The event will see either Penny Busetto, Fiston Mwanza Mujila or Rehana Rossouw go home much richer than they were at the beginning of the ceremony. There were…
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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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Etisalat Prize for African Literature unveils 2015 judges
The judges for this year’s edition of the Etisalat Prize for African literature are Ato Quayson who is chairing alongside Molara Wood and Zukiswa Wanner. The announcement was made yesterday in Lagos, Nigeria. The Etisalat Prize for African writing is the richest prize for a first book from an African author going at the moment…
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Images from the Etisalat Prize Party in Nairobi
A few Sundays ago the winner of the Etisalat Prize for African Literature Songeziwe Mahlangu author of Penumbra was in town to show his stuff to the Nairobi crowd. The organisers of the event, Kwani Trust, hosted a great shindig taking the opportunity to bring in a host of other folks like Henry Ole Kulet…
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Etisalat Prize Winner 2014 Songeziwe Mahlangu in Nairobi readings
South African writer Songeziwe Mahlangu, author of Penumbra and the winner of the Etisalat Prize 2014 will be in Nairobi for an afternoon of readings and conversations. The event on Sunday, May 3rd will also feature veteran Kenyan writer, Henry Ole Kulet, Caine prize winner Yvonne Adhiambo Owour, historian Ngala Chome and Kwani Trust Managing…
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Etisalat Prize Shortlist 2014 announced
And then there were three. The judges for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature have whittled down the long list of writers and those next in the line were announced. The three shortlistees in the running for the next awards are Nadia Davids, for An Imperfect Blessing (Random House Struik-Umuzi), Chinelo Okparanta for Happiness Like…
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Etisalat Prize for Literature 2014 longlist announced
The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature was announced by the panel of judges earlier today. They are; As you can see from the above list, South Africa reigns supreme with a haul of four books. Our Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi continues with her reign of terror good run of form where the prizes are…
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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…
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The Sunday Salon with Noviolet, Jennings and Yewande
The Sunday Salon. It came to us in 2008 as a new space Nairobians could enjoy listening to literature apart from the Kwani Open Mic which had become a bit crazy with the drinking in that gig going into the wee hours of the next morning. In that year, we had writers like Muthoni Garland,…
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Noviolet Bulawayo, Karen Jennings and Yewande Omotoso for Nairobi
Noviolet Bulawayo, Karen Jennings, and Yewande Omotoso who were shortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for African Literature will be in Kenya next week. They will be here as part of their three-city promotion tour which was one of the prizes that they went home with when they were shortlisted. For those who want to interact…
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Etisalat Prize 2014 entries now open
The Etisalat Prize entered the African literature space last year with a bang last year. The Pan African Prize for Literature funded by a telecommunications firm was aimed to celebrate African fiction writers debut fiction writers of African descent whose works are published in the last 24 months. The inaugural winner was Noviolet Bulawayo for…
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Noviolet Bulwayo gives up Etisalat fellowship to Yewande Omotoso
Zimbabwean writer Noviolet Bulawayo was the winner of the inaugural Etisalat Prize for African Literature earlier this year for her book “We Need New Names.” Apart from the US$15,000 prize money she was also supposed to participate in a unique £10,000 fellowship to the winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature lasting four months in…
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Youssou N’dour for Etisalat Prize for African Literature 2014 Ceremony
The Etisalat Prize for African literature is set to be announced in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday with a performance by very famous artist Youssou N’dour. The event which we have been following for the last few years with the long list and then the shortlist has been quite cool. Now we come to the main…
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Introducing the Etisalat Africa prize for literature
Alrighty folks. Here is another prize for you to try and get your mitts on if you fancy yourself a writer of no mean repute. Wednesday saw the introduction of the Etisalat Prize for African Literature in Lagos Nigeria. Yes, the Nigeria that beat our Harambee Stars at the football yesterday. This new prize from…