The Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 has released its long list featuring over 100 titles submitted from across Africa.
Prof. Ato Quayson, Professor of English and inaugural Director of the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the University of Toronto, Molara Wood, writer, journalist, critic and editor; and Zukiswa Wanner, author of Men of the South and London Cape Town Joburg were the three judges who chose this year’s nine books.
Here’s the 2015 longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature, as cited by Bella Naija:
Ifeoluwapo Adeniyi (Nigeria), On the Bank of the River
Penny Busetto (South Africa), The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself
Z P Dala (South Africa), What About Meera
Kurt Ellis (South Africa), By Any Means
Paula Marais (South Africa), Shadow Self
Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Democratic Republic of Congo), Tram 83
Masande Ntshanga (South Africa), The Reactive
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
Rehana Rossouw (South Africa), What Will People Say?
“The range of submissions for the Etisalat Prize this year represents the vitality of literary writing on the continent, and the long list is a selective showcase of the best to be found. The subjects covered in the long list are so fascinating and varied that it would take another novel just to describe them all. Magnificent!“ Quayson stated.
This year’s winner will walk away with a £15,000 cash prize, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen and will attend an Etisalat sponsored fellowship.
Source: BellaNaija
