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The Winners Of The Penguin Prizes For African Writing

Posted at 7:11AM Monday 06 Sep 2010

On Saturday Penguin Books announced the non-fiction and fiction winners of the inaugural Penguin Prize for African Writing. This award seeks to highlight the diverse writing talent on the African continent and make new African fiction and non-fiction available to a wider readership. The authors win R50 000 each and publication by Penguin South Africa.

The Winner – Non-Fiction

Pius Adesanmi for You're Not a Country, Africa!

The Winner – Fiction

Ellen Banda-Aaku for Patchwork

Penguin SA blog


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