Tag: Nthikeng Mohlele
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Book Digest: Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Nthikeng Mohlele, Aniefiok Ekpoudom, Helen Oyeyemi
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Nthikeng Mohlele, Aniefiok Ekpoudom, and Helen Oyeyemi. Assim Não Senhor Presidente by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa Publisher: Alcance EditoresDate: October 24, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: PortugueseWhere to find it: Alcance Editores Assim Não Senhor Presidente In…
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Africans make International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist was announced today in Dublin today. The Africans in the running for the prize are Mohale Mashigo, Nthikeng Mohlele, Yaa Gyasi, Imbolo Mbue, and Yewande Omotoso. The International Dublin Literary Award, is an international literary award presented each year for a novel written in English or translated into…
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South African Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
The South African Literary Awards have announced the shortlists for the best work for 2017. Since its inception in 2005 the South African Literary Awards popularly known as the SALA has honoured 160 authors in 11 categories in all official South African languages. The award has been won by the most well-known writers in the…
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A snapshot of the South African Book Fair 2017
The South African Book Fair 2017 was hosted in Johannesburg from September 8-10. The festival theme was #OURSTORIES. It was a lit few days as some of the best known authors and others in the literary scene converged on Johannesburg for the South African Book Fair 2017. The list of the people see and interact…
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Nthikeng Mohlele and Mohale Mashigo are University of Johannesburg Prize 2016 winners
Nthikeng Mohlele and Mohale Mashigo are the University of Johannesburg Prize 2016 winners. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises two prizes, a main prize and a debut prize, given annually for “the best original creative work in English…
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A snapshot of the Time of the Writer 2015
It was all happening when a whole bunch of writers converged in Durban, South Africa on 16-21 March. This bunch of writers or is it a gaggle of writers or a bar of writers or wit of writers or a… Anyway, these writers from all corners of the continent were joined by a few from…