Tag: Kintu
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi advises against Kwani Trust edition of “Kintu.”
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is advising readers against buying the edition of Kintu first produced by Kwani Trust. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi first came to continental fame in the literary community when she entered and won the Kwani Manuscript Prize in 2013. Part of the reward for winning this prize was that her manuscript then called The…
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma on Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019 shortlist.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Kintu and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone are on the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019 shortlist announced on January 11, 2019. The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards celebrate the best travel writing and travel writers in the world. The UK based prize gives prizes like the Stanford Dolman Travel Book…
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Saah Millimono’s Boy Interrupted to launch in Monrovia, Liberia
Boy Interrupted the debut novel of Liberian author Saah Millimono will be launching tomorrow at The Market Place, Carey & Nelson Streets, Monrovia, Liberia on Friday, April, 24. Boy Interrupted is a searing, heartbreaking love story set in the civil war years in Liberia which came second book in the Kwani Trust manuscript prize which…
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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…