Tag: Sam Ukala
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Sam Ukala is Nigeria Prize for Literature 2014 winner
Sam Ukala with his book IREDI WAR is the winner of the 2014 Nigeria Literature Prize. After many weeks of build-up of the richest prize in African literature, US$100,000 which isn’t too shabby, we got a winner.Ukala beat other shortlistees Friday John Abba (Alekwu Night Dance) and Jude Idada (Oduduwa, King of the Edos) for…
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Nigerian Prize for Literature 2014 shortlist out
We have a shortlist for the Nigerian Prize for Literature 2014 ladies and gentlemen. For the uninformed, The Nigeria Prize for Literature rotates yearly amongst four literary genres: prose fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature. This year’s prize is for drama and comes with a cash prize of $100, 000. The longlist was announced in…