celebrating grace ogot

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This article by Chris Wanjala shows some background to the Kenyan writer and academic Grace Ogot, who passed away recently. Her parents were early converts and lived in Mombasa before they moved to Luo land to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their home of origin.  

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her way to water to fill her trunk,  arid past, the water is dry Namibia, Etosha

marita van der vyver

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She resides in the climes of France. For the last twenty years she lives and writes there, with her French family. She came down south for a literary festival in South Africa, to be precise in Kimberley. This was the opportunity for Charné Kemp to ask Marita van der Vyver a few questions and to … Continue reading marita van der vyver

literature winner songeziwe mahladu

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Here is more on the Etisalat Prize 2014, including a picture of the winner and the figure of pounds he has won. 

songeziwe mahlangu wins 2014

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Here you find some more on the winner of the 2014 Etisalat prize for Literature. The prize that wants to stimulate writers in Africa. This pan-african prize is able to give more encouragment to young writers. 

kwela author songeziwe

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Here is another prizewinner. This time it is about the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The winner is Songeziwe Mahlangu. His novel Penumbra was the one that gained him the prize.