Kendeka Prize for Africa Literature: shortlisted Authors 2022
Biographies of the Shortlisted Authors-2022 Joe Nyirenda Short story; Until Mushrooms Sprout Country; Zambia Joe Nyirenda and is a 26 years old male Zambian living in Lusaka, Zambia. He is an avid reader and passionate writer. His short story, The Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
PRESS RELEASE: Invitation to Translate Princes Sunflower and the Bee Into African Languages
There is a serious shortage of reading material in African languages which has led to a low reading culture, especially to those not competent in English, or in any of the other mostly spoken languages around the world. To help Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
Kendeka Prize for African Literature – Call for Submissions, 2022
Kendeka Prize for African Literature is accepting entries from 5th March 2022 to 5th May 2022 for its’ 2022 edition. The entry is free. The Prize will be awarded for the best unpublished short story either in fiction or creative Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
2021 Short listed; Authors Biographies
2021 Short listed; Kendeka Prize for African Literature 1.Water For Wine by Jenny Robson, Botswana The Women of Atinga House by Fatima Okhousami, Nigeria Au Pair by Okpanachi Irene Ojochegbe, Nigeria Authors Biographies Au Pair by Okpanachi Irene Ojochegbe, Nigeria Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
Press Release: Winners
The first three winners of the 2021 Kendeka Prize for African Literature are as follows; First Prize; Jenny Robson, Botswana, author of Water For Wine Second Prize; Fatima Okhousami, Nigeria, author of The Women of Atinga House Third Prize; Okpanachi Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
Biographies of the Authors of the Short Listed Stories
Time And Bodies by Ekemini Udo Pius, Nigeria Ekemini Udo Pius is a writer whose works have been published in Writers Space Africa and Kalahari Review. He is alumni of the Wawa Literary Fellowship and loves to write fiction. He Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
PRESS RELEASE
The shortlist for the 2021 Kendeka Prize for African Literature is announced today, Wednesday 15th September, 2021. The five stories on this inaugural short list were chosen from the list of the thirteen long listed by a panel of three Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
Press Release
The long list for the 2021 Kendeka Prize for African Literature has been announced today, Wednesday, 1st September 2021. Kendeka Prize for African Literature is an initiative by Andrew Maina, a Kenyan writer through Solano Publications Limited. It aims at Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]