Tag: The House of Rust
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Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s “The House of Rust” launches to full house in Mombasa.
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s debut novel The House of Rust launched to a full house at the Alliance Française, Mombasa on Thursday, November 25, 2021. The evening was emceed by Hawa Noor. Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is one of the brightest young writers to come out of Kenya in the last few years. The Mombasa born and…
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Noor Naga is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner.
Noor Naga was announced the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2019 winner for her manuscript American Girl and Boy from Shobrakheit on September 12, 2019. US-based Graywolf Press has published some of the best writers from Africa like Nuruddin Farah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Anouar Benmalek. They founded the Graywolf Press Africa Prize in 2018…
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Khadija Abdalla Bajaber is the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018 winner
Kenyan poet Khadija Abdalla Bajaber has been announced as the Graywolf Press Africa Prize 2018 winner for her manuscript The House of Rust. She receives a $12,000 advance and her manuscript gets published in English by Graywolf Press and in Italian by 66thand2nd. A few months ago we announced a call out for an exciting…