Tag: Kwani?
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Nuruddin Farah to launch book at Kwani? Litfest 2016
The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a gathering of writers, artists, and thinkers from across Africa, takes place every two years happens in Nairobi, Kenya from 1st- 6th December 2015. This year’s festival with the theme, “Beyond the Map of English: Writers in Conversation on Language” hosts readings, performances, and discussions that explore issues of…
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Chimamanda Adichie for Kwani 10 year anniversary festivities
Nairobi was in the throes of literary awesomeness as we hosted the Storymoja Hay Festival 2013 in September. Hold onto your horses literary fans; have we got a follow up literary event for you. Its the ten year anniversary of Kenya’s most famous literary journal Kwani? at the end of November Kwani? started ten years…
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Uganda’s Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi wins Kwani? Manuscript Prize
We have a winner. The winner of the inaugural Kwani? Manuscript Prize is Ugandan Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi for her novel The Kintu Saga. The writer will be going home with the win as well as 300,000 Kenyan Shillings (equivalent $3500). 2nd place has been awarded to Liberia’s Saah Millimono for One Day I Will Write…