Writing Africa: Archiving African and Black Literature

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  • Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction 2018 longlist announced

    Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction 2018 longlist announced

    The Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction 2018 longlist, part of the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 has been announced. Alan Paton was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist whose most famous work includes the novels Cry, the Beloved Country, and Too Late the Phalarope. In 1989, the Sunday Times newspaper in his country of…

  • FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out

    FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award 2015 long list out

    In February I blogged about these FT / OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards where writers, filmmakers, and visual artists would be eligible for cash prizes up to US$40,000 and more goodies. The organisers of the awards covering more than 100 emerging market nations announced their long lists. The fiction lists have some of our favourite writers…