Category: Kendeka Prize for African Writing
Kendeka Prize for African Literature – Call for Submissions, 2022
2021 Winners
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]
Kendeka Prize for African Literature – Announcement of Judges
Andrew Maina launches two books, Kendeka Prize for African Literature.
Andrew Maina launched the books The Great Escape: Memories of Tribal Violence and I Am Listening as well as the Kendeka Prize for African Literature in Thika, Kenya on September 19, 2020. On September 14, 2019, entrepreneur Andrew Maina caused Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]
Kendeka Prize for African Literature
On Saturday the 19th September, we were privileged in unveiling the Kendeka Prize for African Literature. At the same ceremony we introduced the members of the Advisory Board for the Prize. The Advisory Board shall be chaired by James Murua Kendekaprizeforaffricanliterature]