Tag: Sisonke Msimang
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Museum of African Diaspora African Literary Awards finalists announced.
The finalists for the inaugural edition of the Museum of African Diaspora African Literary Awards were revealed on August 18, 2022. The Museum of the African Diaspora is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. one of only a few museums of its kind in the USA, they hold exhibitions and present artists exclusively…
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Sisonke Msimang wins at Western Australia Premier Book Awards.
Sisonke Msimang was announced a winner at the Western Australia Premier Book Awards at a ceremony in Perth, Australia on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards supports, develops and recognises excellence in Western Australian writing. Awards are given in fiction, poetry, non-fiction, Western Australian History, children’s book, writing for Young Adults,…
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Sisonke Msimang at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.
Sisonke Msimang features at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5 from Perth, Australia on Friday, July 31, 2020. She was hosted by Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, was founded by author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns. The festival…
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Sisonke Msimang’s “The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela” to launch in Johannesburg.
Sisonke Msimang’s The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela will be launching in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 24, 2019. Sisonke Msimang is a South African writer whose work is focussed on race, gender, and democracy. She has written for a range of international publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, and…
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Sisonke Msimang on Multiculturalism New South Wales 2019 Award shortlist.
Sisonke Msimang is on the Multiculturalism New South Wales 2019 Award shortlist for her memoir Always Another Country. The Multicultural New South Wales (NSW) Award is given out in Australian province of New South Wales for a book, play, music drama, and screenplay. For the work to qualify it has to be deemed by judges…
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Bandele, Eltahawy, Saro-Wiwa, Msimang are Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018.
Biyi Bandele, Mona Eltahawy, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sisonke Msimang are the Bellagio Residency Scholars 2018. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a wide array of backgrounds,…
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The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced.
The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 shortlists were announced at a ceremony in Parkview, Johannesburg on May 12, 2018. The Sunday Times Literary Prize is an award scheme that was founded by South African newspaper The Sunday Times in 1989. It is divided into two categories of fiction called the Barry Rouge Prize and nonfiction…
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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…
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Seven African artists make Bellagio Residency 2018 shortlist
Mona Eltahawy, Sisonke Msimang, Yemisi Aribisala, Ayobami Adebayo, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, and Sylvia Vollenhoven are shortlistees for the Bellagio Residency in literature. The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections…
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Sisonke Msimang hosts unique storytelling performance in Nairobi
Writer and activist Sisonke Msimang was the host of a unique storytelling performance dubbed “Stories of Women and Girls: The Moth in Nairobi” at the Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi on January 25, 2018. The event was brought by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in conjunction with The Moth. The Moth is a Non-for-profit organization…
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Abantu Book Festival 2017 unveils its artist line up
The Abantu Book Festival which is following on from its amazing debut year has announced the line-up for its second edition, which takes place on 7-10 December 2017. The Abantu Book Festival hit the South African literary scene with a bang when it ran from December 06 – 10, 2016 in Soweto, Johannesburg. The festival…