Tag: Picador Africa
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9mobile Prize for Literature 2017 longlist announced
The nine books on the longlist for the 9mobile Prize for Literature 2017, formerly the Etisalat Prize, have been announced. The 9mobile Prize for Literature was born in 2013 as the Etisalat Prize for Literature to showcase the best in African literature. The prize, then sponsored by Nigerian telecommunications company Etisalat, was open to a…
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Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2016 were announced over the weekend. There are two awards available to the writers in the awards; the nonfiction category is called the Alan Patton Award while the fiction category is called the Barry Ronge Prize. Both prizes named after famous South African white men. The Alan…
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A review of Ifeanyi Ajaegbo’s Sarah House
Book: Sarah House Author: Ifeanyi Ajaegbo Publisher: Picador Africa Publishing Date: 2012 Number of pages: 199 Modern-day slavery. Not the old-time version where human beings were grabbed on African coasts and sent to pick cotton or to farm sugar in the New World. This new slavery is a different animal. Anyone who has been watching…