Even as Chido Muchemwa’s characters move between countries, generations and identities, they are tied by their desire for care.
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Munro observed the ways time and perspective may alter understanding. Revisiting ‘Alice Munro Country’ in southwestern Ontario in Canada is one way to honour her.
Married couple Woppa Diallo and Mame Bougouma Diene won for their powerful short story A Soul of Small Places.
A social chronicler and prolific journalist as well as a fiction writer, Colette provided a highly original woman’s perspective on life in stultifying patriarchal times.
Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
African literary prizes are slowly becoming more relevant and richer, thanks to writers organising on the continent.
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