Conversations

Growing up in the shadow of the African Writers Series, AK Kaiza explores its influence and impact on subsequent generations of writers. Read More.

Judges

We are delighted to announce our high profile panel of 6 judges for the Kwani? Manuscript Project to be chaired by Jamal Mahjoub.

Chair: Jamal Mahjoub

Jamal Mahjoub is an award winning writer of mixed British/ Sudanese heritage. He has written seven novels including The Drift Latitudes, Travelling with Djinns and The Carrier. His writing has been widely translated and has won a number of awards including the Guardian/Heinemann African Short Story Prize, the NH Vargas Llosa prize and the Prix d’Astrobale. He was chair of judges for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2007 Read More

Kwani? Manuscript Project Update
Date: 21/01/2013

We had an amazing response to our call for unpublished novel manuscripts with over 250 qualifying fiction manuscripts received from 19 African countries.  We know writers and readers are now eagerly awaiting news from us and so wanted to provide an update on the longlisting and judging process. Read more

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