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Chair of judges said the 2022 entries represented a staggering feast. It was a testament to the vibrancy, variety and splendour of creative talent among writers of African descent.
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Ethiopian Meron Hadero sweeps the board at the Caine Prize Thursday July 29 2021 Ethiopian-American writer Meron Hadero won the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. PHOTO | COURTESY | MERON HADERO via AKO CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING Summary Hadero explores the interracial dynamics in a postcolonial nation-state of Ethiopia. She presents the non-existent relationship between the Ethiopians and the Euro-American workers in Ethiopia, offering us a peek into the classicism that is widespread in such a society. Advertisement Meron Hadero, author of “The Street Sweep”, is the 2021 AKO...
Africa.com Top 10 News / July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 / 1 minute of reading Exposure has always been a problem for black authors, but the digital world has begun to open up new channels for attracting an audience. With the advancement of online publications, like Lolwe, new voices are being heard and groundbreaking awards are being earned. Lolwe, is an online literary magazine launched by Troy Onyango in 2020 with the aim of publishing Black people in Africa and around the world. Lolwe — which draws its name from the Luo name for Lake Victoria, whose waters hug this city in western Kenya, a...