Etisalat
Nigeria on Sunday, February 23rd at the Marquee, Federal Palace
Victoria Island, crowned Zimbabwean writer, NoViolet Bulawayo, as winner of its
pan African Prize for Literature, the
first ever Prize celebrating first time writers of published fiction books. Continue...
According
to the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher,
the Etisalat Prize for Literature was designed to recognize and reward debut
writers of fiction in Africa. "As a
rite of passage, published and unpublished literary works of art have been
passed down from generation to generation in Africa. Etisalat Nigeria is indeed
pleased to celebrate all authors in the African literary spectrum”.
Bulawayo
received a £15,000 cash prize, will attend the Etisalat Fellowship at the prestigious
University of East Anglia (and will be mentored by Giles Foden – Author of the “Last
King of Scotland”), have book tours to three
African cities; and most importantly, get the chance to start work on her second
book.
The
event also witnessed an exclusive performance by Senegalese music legend,
Youssou N’Dour who entertained guests with a medley of his songs including “Redemption Song” and “7 seconds”. The high profile event was graced by literary
buffs, celebrities, high profile guests including the Director-General, of the
Nigerian Tourism Corporation; Sally Mbanefo.
23 comments:
Beautiful people...lovely picx tho..Congrate to the winner
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-Beautiful Lopez-
Congrat to him... Whatz diz Pan-African prize for Literature all bout?
Congrats for its a very creative award.
read more interesting happenings around
D 2nd pix eeehn, d babe on d arsh dress y she suck belle na??? Hmmmmmm
Wow, recognising literature in this our modern era when yu can just put it in a song... Nice one etisalat...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Congratulation to the winners.... Their is nothing sweeter than contributing to the educatuon of a country...... Niceone
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Congrat bro, is ur time now. Enjoy ur money. ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥♡thanks ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥
Why are they looking like this,the Camera. Must be bad.all ugly....to me
Wow! I am this guy that is addicted to fiction and good stories.. Not commercial novels
Congrat
@BEAUSTEVEN_BLOG
Linda please can we get an update on the war brewing in Ukraine, is world war 3 about to happen?!-Cocobutter
Congrat
FDJ
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Congrats bro
congrats babe keep the fire burning .
#Milito da great#
Congrats 2 d winner tank u etisalat for this grand gesture
*****A-BELLE******
Congrats 2 d winner tank u etisalat for this grand gesture
*****A-BELLE******
Ive noticed that when it comes to things that are actually educational and sensible comments are fewer but if a celeb is spotted at an event comments are in the hundreds. Quite pathetic. Nice event by the way
Congrats to him
***Mubwiz***
The winner is a girl o,nt dat guy in d ist pic standin like wat I dnt knw...
Youssou Ndour, Alsamadey. That is a minister in his government. Passion.
Unbelievable varieties.. What a picture looking more exclusive down here.... Wow! Congrats to them
congrats to the winner
Bro ke? Are u blind, it's a babe
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