USA Africa Dialogue Series - Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

It gives me great happiness to announce the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Writing.  The 15000 dollar-prize has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages. The prize is primarily supported by Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya (a subsidiary of the Safal Group), the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs at Cornell University and the Africana Studies Center at Cornell University.

 

The prize will be awarded to the best unpublished manuscript or book published within two years of the award year across the categories of fiction, poetry and memoir, and graphic novels. The prize will be divided as follows:

 

1st Fiction/Non-Fiction Prize 5,000 US dollars; 1st Poetry Prize, 5,000 US dollars

2nd Prize 3,000 US dollars in any genre

3rd prize 2,000 US dollars in any genre

2) The winning entry will be published in Kiswahili by East African Educational Publishers (EAEP). And the best poetry book will be translated and published by the Africa Poetry Book Fund. 

 

Please find the press releases (in English and Kiswahili) attached. For more information visit our bilingual website at

 http://blogs.cornell.edu/kiswahiliprizek/ & http://kiswahiliprize.cornell.edu/news/.

Follow us on Twitter: @kiswahiliprize

Facebook page: facebook.com/MabatiCornellKiswahiliPrize

 

Please distribute widely to interested parties.

Warmly,

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

 

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