Tag: Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize
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Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe win Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016
Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe are the winners of the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016. The two writers who won in the English and Swahili categories respectively each go home with Kshs100,000. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was the showcase presentation at the dinner hosted at the Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi on September 24,…
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Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016 shortlists announced
The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016 shortlists were announced on 11th August 2016. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was set up in honour of late great Kenyan satirist and author Wahome Mutahi who passed on in 2003. The Kenyan Publishers Association set up the award to works that explore human rights, governance, etiquette and other…
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A review of Nganga Mbugua’s Different Colours
Book: Different Colours Author: Ng’ang’a Mbugua Publisher: Big Books Publication date: 2011 Number of pages: 260 Genre: Fiction With the Nairobi International Book Fair in town then it’s only fair that I review a book from one of the folks in the running for the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to…
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Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2014 call for submissions
The deadline for the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2014 is 31st March 2014. Wahome Mutahi was one of Kenya’s most beloved figures in the written word. He was famous for “Whispers” a column he wrote every weekend in the Sunday Nation about a man who came from the village and how he had to cope…