Tag: Koleka Putuma
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Koleka Putuma is Standard Bank Young Artist Awards 2022 winner
Koleka Putuma is among the winners at the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards 2022 announced on December 1, 2022. The Standard Bank Young Artist Awards were established in 1981 to celebrate emerging South African artists who live their personal truth through their art and show exceptional talent in their chosen medium but have not yet…
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Koleka Putuma presents “Hullo Bu-bye Koko Come In” in Cape Town.
Koleka Putuma presented her newest poetry collection Hullo Bu-bye Koko Come In at an event in CNA, Cape Town, South Africa on May 22, 2021. Her discussant was Mohale Mashigo. In 2017, Koleka Putuma showed up with a new poetry collection titled Collective Amnesia off the back of the fame of the popular poem Water.…
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Book Digest: Kei Miller, Koleka Putuma, TJ Benson, Sharon Dodua Otoo
We wrap up book news for our readers in our Book Digest feature. Today our focus is books from Kei Miller, Koleka Putuma, TJ Benson, and Sharon Dodua Otoo. Things I Have Withheld, Kei Miller Publisher: Canongate Books Publication Date: May 6, 2021 Genre: Essay collection Language: English Kei Miller Kei Miller is a Jamaican…
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Translations: Helon Habila, Max Lobe, Koleka Putuma, Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Translations for books by Helon Habila, Max Lobe, Koleka Putuma, and Sarah Ladipo Manyika are currently available for your reading pleasure. Title: Drei Weise Aus Dem Bantuland Author: Max Lobe Translator: Katharina Triebner-Cabald Publishing Date: November 6, 2020 Original title: La Trinité bantoue Publisher: Austernbank Translation: French to German Blurb: With his university diploma, Mwána…
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Koleka Putuma at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 4.
Koleka Putuma wrapped up the third day of Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Cape Town, South Africa on July 1, 2020. She was hosted by Zukiswa Wanner. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns. The festival format is…
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Eight books by African authors that have been translated in 2019.
We give you eight books by African authors that have been translated into several languages in 2019. Translation is a very important aspect of writing that many writers don’t take too seriously. While it is exciting for your book to finally go through the publishing process, one mustn’t forget that it can get a new…
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Koleka Putuma is Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2018 winner.
Koleka Putuma is the winner of the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2018 for her collection Collective Amnesia in an announcement made on May 31, 2019. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei. Administered by the African Poetry Book Fund, it is awarded…
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Dami Ajayi, Nick Makoha, Koleka Putuma are Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2018 finalists.
Dami Ajayi, Nick Makoha, and Koleka Putuma are the finalists of the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2018 announced on May 24, 2019. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei, who has also endowed in perpetuity the literary quarterly Prairie Schooner. The award,…
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Translations: Ayesha Harruna Attah, Koleka Putuma, Akwaeke Emezi.
Translations for work by Ayesha Harruna Attah, Koleka Putuma, and Akwaeke Emezi are either here or in the works. Translations are an important part of any publishing ecosystem to thrive. Here is some work that you can expect to see in translation either on your bookshelf or in the not too distant future. The Hundred…
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Koleka Putuma poetry collection “Collective Amnesia” now in Spanish.
Koleka Putuma debut poetry collection Collective Amnesia is now available in Spanish. It was translated by Arrate Hidalgo & Lawrence Schimel and published by Flores Rara. Koleka Putuma is a South African award-winning performance poet, facilitator, and theatre-maker. Her work has travelled around the world, with her poetry garnering her national prizes, such as the…
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Wally Mongane Serote is South African Poet Laureate.
Wally Mongane Serote has been announced as the new South African Poet Laureate taking over a role that was previously filled by the late Keorapetse Kgositsile. The announcement was made at the South African Literary Awards on November 6, 2018. A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically…
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Koleka Putuma, Efe Paul Azino, Titilope Sonuga bank on their poetry.
Poets Koleka Putuma, Efe Paul Azino, and Titilope Sonuga have cashed in on their poetry talents with bank communication appearances. We are always happen when we hear that artists are banking on their talents especially poets who are vital in the literary scene. So it’s always nice to see poets making a splash where the…
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OkayAfrica picks its top women in African literature 2018
OkayAfrica has picked its top women for 2018 in a variety of fields. The women who made the list in African literature are Leila Aboulela, Marie NDiaye, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Taiye Selasi, Malebo Sephodi, Koleka Putuma, Upile Chisala, and Nnedi Okorafor. OkayAfrica, founded in 2011, is a digital media platform dedicated to African culture, music and…
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Koleka Putuma wins at Mbokodo Awards 2017
Koleka Putuma was recognised as a Rising Star at the South African Mbokodo Awards 2017. On the 9th of August 1956, over 20 000 women marched in unison to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over a petition to the then South African prime minister Hans (JG) Strijdom. The petition was against the introduction…
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Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 for November #lipfest2017
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2017 is set to happen from November 1-5, 2017. The festival theme is “Bridges from Walls.” In 2015, a team of Lagosians led by founder Efe Paul Azino hosted the Lagos International Poetry Festival at Freedom Park the home of the arts in commercial hub of the West African country.…