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    Tsitsi Dangarembga - OkayAfrica
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    09 June 2021

    Zimbabwe's Tsitsi Dangarembga Awarded 2021 PEN Pinter Prize

    Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and activist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, has been heralded as a 'voice of hope we all need to hear.'

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    03 June 2021

    David Diop Awarded 2021 International Booker Prize

    French-Senegalese writer David Diop is the recipient of this year's International Booker Prize for his debut novel 'At Night All Blood Is Black'.

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    24 May 2021

    The NOMMO Awards Long List Spotlights The Best Of African Speculative Fiction

    African authors Lauren Beukes, Abie Daré, Ewaeke Emezi, Ben Okri and more have made the 2021 Nommo Awards Long List.

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    Arts + Culture
    28 April 2021

    Author David Diop Makes International Booker Prize Shortlist

    The International Booker Prize has selected French-Senegalese author David Diop's debut novel 'At Night All Blood Is Black' for its highly coveted shortlist.

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