African Writers Awards 2022 Longlists Announced
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- 22 Sep 2022
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The longlists for the African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature were announced on September 1, 2022.
The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to shed a light on some of the best emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have been Manu Herbstein, Maryhilda Ibe, Chiamaka Onu-Okpara, and Benson Mugo in 2018; Eme Ogbu, Temani Nkalolang, Andrea B Matambo, and Priscillar Matara in 2019; Oladejo Oluyemisi, Asoloko Gloria Akayi, and Duru Nneka Joyce in 2020, and Adedoyin Adetutu, Gordon, B. Away, and Makhago Peter in 2021.
The awards this year are judged by Chief Judge Anthony Onugba alongside Nahida Esmail (Tanzania), Gankhanani Moffat Moyo (Zambia), Sabah Carrim (Mauritius), Nabilah Usman (Nigeria), Corona Cermak (Tanzania), Tamunomieibi Enoch (Nigeria), Patricia Peace Ejang (Uganda), Comfort Nyati, SDB (Zimbabwe), Temani Nkalolang (Botswana), Halieo Motanyane (Lesotho) and Namse Udosen (Nigeria).
The longlist for the African Writers Awards 2022, African Teen Writers Awards 2022, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature 2022 announced on September 1 features;
Creative Nonfiction
· Becoming a Lazy Nigerian Youth, Oluwabukola Olabode (Nigeria)
· Cape of Cubs, Trevor Abekah (Kenya)
· Hills in the Background, George Paul (Tanzania)
· Hope, Joy Jonathan (Nigeria)
· Let my People Go, Britney Muoghalu (Nigeria)
· Number 27, Kendi Karimi (Kenya)
· Piece of Mwihoko, Isaac Kilibwa (Kenya)
· Spero Spera, Praise Ebirim (Nigeria)
· Swagger, NmaHassan Muhammad (Nigeria)
· The Watch, Esther Diepiriye (Nigeria)
· This Town, Ezimadu Ugorji (Nigeria)
· Thunder makes us Cry, Shalom Kasim (Nigeria)
· Tsulisime, Deborah Usidamen (Nigeria)
· Wahala, Like Bicycle, Isaacoed Buchi Jamie (Nigeria)
· With the Eyes of the Soul, Marta Santos (Angola)
