Congratulations to Songeziwe Mahlangu on winning the 2014 Etisalat Grand prize for literature #EtisalatPrize2014 pic.twitter.com/egvELq79PK
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
Alert! Songeziwe Mahlangu has won the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature for debut fiction for Penumbra, it was announced in Lagos, Nigeria this evening.
The three shortlisted authors were Mahlangu, Nadia Davids, for An Imperfect Blessing and Chinelo Okparanta, for Happiness Like Water.
Neema Komba was announced as the winner of this year’s Etisalat Flash Fiction competition.
Penumbra was shortlisted for the Sunday Time Fiction Prize last year. Read Mahlangu on the creative origins of his book – and an excerpt – here.
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The Etisalat Prize for Literature is a pan-African prize for debut authors of published fiction books. The winner receives £15 000, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen and a fellowship at the University of East Anglia, mentored by Prof Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland. In addition, Etisalat buys 1 000 copies of each shortlisted book, and the shortlisted authors are rewarded with a book tour.
The inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature was won by Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo, for her novel We Need New Names.
Check out some tweets from the event:
I can see Wole Soyinka and @Ebuka here… its reallt going down at the intercontinental hotel… #EtisalatPrize2014 pic.twitter.com/oJFIxttx7J
— Fresh Naija (@freshnaija) March 15, 2015
Congratulations to Neema Komba on winning the Flash Fiction category. #EtisalatPrize2014 #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature pic.twitter.com/ejGEOPiMqv
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
All contestants in the 'Flash fiction' category are being awarded. #EtisalatPrize2014 #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature pic.twitter.com/11Y3k2dcf6
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
It's impossible to talk for 1 hour without not telling a story. – CEO Matthew Willsher #EtisalatPrize2014 pic.twitter.com/XzaWp8spku
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
Patron, Etisalat Prize For literature, Kole Omotosho now on stage. #EtisalatPrize2014 #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature pic.twitter.com/9uM51WCa5B
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
Just finished at #EtisalatPrize2014: Veneration of Wole Soyinka, Ngugi, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ben Okri, Noviolet Bulawayo. pic.twitter.com/qYXSdfn3J8
— Alashela (@AjalaYemi) March 15, 2015
Chinelo Okparanta,shortlisted 4 the Etisalat Prize of Literature 2014. #EtisalatPrizeForLiterature #EtisalatPrize2014 pic.twitter.com/p8HvgsSsDe
— Guerrillero Heroico (@greeneyeddante) March 15, 2015
It's drama time here at #EtisalatPrize2014 Re enactment of Chinelo's Happiness Like Water. pic.twitter.com/L512EQZEM0
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
Wole Soyinka receiving a glass of lager right before me, his shimmering mane obscuring a portion of the stage. #EtisalatPrize2015
— Oris Aigbokhaevbolo (@Catchoris) March 15, 2015
Nominee for @Etisalat_9ja pan african prize for literature. pic.twitter.com/raf2NcVZWh
— Ese Oraka (@eseoraka) March 15, 2015
@OCtheGreatUkeje re enacting SongeZikwe's 'Penumbra' at #EtisalatPrize2014 #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature pic.twitter.com/DA89kQxyCb
— Big Timi (@MrBigtimi) March 15, 2015
OC Ukeje, Bimbo Akintola and Bimbo Manuel killed the Stage plays. Professional. #EtisalatPrize2014
— Alashela (@AjalaYemi) March 15, 2015
Congratulations to Songeziwe Mahlangu who has won the #EtisalatPrize2014 #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature!
— pen_southafrica (@pen_southafrica) March 15, 2015
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Book details
- An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids
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EAN: 9781415207154
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- Penumbra by Songeziwe Mahlangu
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EAN: 9780795704680
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- Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta
EAN: 9781847088314
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