Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology

Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from ten African countries.

Every year Writivism announces those who will be groomed to be the next generation of world beaters. In something that is starting to become a Writivism tradition, the mentors who would guide them was announced earlier in the year and it featured names like Jennifer Nasubuga Makumbi, Pierre Cherruau, Okey Ndibe, Dami Ajayi, Lidudumalingani, and Yewande Omotoso.

The next stage of the process is announcing the mentees. They will be panel beaten by our mentors and at the end of it all their stories written through the mentorship shall be published in an online mini-anthology.

This will not be the first time that some of these writers have been featured on this blog. Abu Amirah for instance was a mentee last year and got to the shortlist of the Writivism Short Story Prize 2016. Kafula Mwila featured in the Caine Prize workshop that happened in Zambia last March. Caiphus Mmino Mangenela was the winner of the Bessie Head Short Story competition last year. We here at JamesMurua.com deemed Joel Benjamin Ntwatwa who runs Nevender.com as the best book reviewer in our outstanding literary awards of 2016.

The full list of the Writivism mentees is;

1. Heba Hesham – Egypt
2. Tresor Mukunzi – Rwanda
3. Mwenya Mwamba – Zambia
4. Kafula Mwila – Zambia
5. Caiphus Mmino Mangenela – Botswana
6. Gaamangwe Joy Mogami – Botswana
7. Raoul Djimeli – Cameroun
8. Johanne Ewoudou – Cameroun
9. Beaton Galafa – Malawi
10. Peter-Paul Ndyani – Malawi
11. Maqhawe Xaba – South Africa
12. Keletso Mopai – South Africa
13. Jarred Thompson – South African
14. Haroon Wadee – South Africa
15. Muthoki Mumo – Kenya
16. Stephanie Wanga – Kenya
17. Abu Amirah – Kenya
18. Poppy Muindi – Kenya
19. Doreen Anyango – Uganda
20. Precious Colette Kemigisha – Uganda
21. Joel Benjamin Ntwatwa – Uganda
22. Linda Nabasa – Uganda
23. Immaculata Abba – Nigeria
24. Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor – Nigeria
25. Eloghosa Osunde – Nigeria
26. Nwamaka Osakwe – Nigeria
27. John Lighthouse Oyewale – Nigeria
28. Ifeanyi Abiodun Ibegbu -Nigeria
29. Ekweremadu Uchenna – Nigeria

Good luck lads and lasses.