Tag: Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation
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Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation launched
The Okot P’Bitek Prize for Poetry in Translation for emerging African poets was recently announced. The one-off award will be administered by the Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) will celebrate fifty years since the publication of Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino. Okot P’Bitek was a legendary poet from Uganda who became immediately immortal when his…