2 Ugandan finalists for book award
May 16, 2004
TWO Ugandans are among five writers shortlisted for this year’s Caine Award for African writing, according to a recent press release from organisers in Nairobi.
By Reuben Olita
TWO Ugandans are among five writers shortlisted for this year’s Caine Award for African writing, according to a recent press release from organisers in Nairobi.
Doreen Baingana was picked for her script ‘Hunger’ from the Sun magazine of March 2003 and Monica Arac de Nyeko for ‘Strange Fruit’ from Cook Communication online magazine AuthorMe.
Judges commended Jackee Budeste Batanda for ‘Remember Atita,’ also from the Cook Communication online magazine AuthorMe.
The winner of the US$15,000 prize will be announced on July 19 at a celebratory dinner at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK.
Others shortlisted were Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe), Parselelo Kantai (Kenya) and Chika Unigwe (Nigeria).
“It was a varied and exciting year and I think we have a shortlist that reflects these qualities,†said Alvaro Ribeiro, the chairman of this year’s panel of judges.
Judges include Kenya playwright Biyi Bandele.
TWO Ugandans are among five writers shortlisted for this year’s Caine Award for African writing, according to a recent press release from organisers in Nairobi.
Doreen Baingana was picked for her script ‘Hunger’ from the Sun magazine of March 2003 and Monica Arac de Nyeko for ‘Strange Fruit’ from Cook Communication online magazine AuthorMe.
Judges commended Jackee Budeste Batanda for ‘Remember Atita,’ also from the Cook Communication online magazine AuthorMe.
The winner of the US$15,000 prize will be announced on July 19 at a celebratory dinner at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK.
Others shortlisted were Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe), Parselelo Kantai (Kenya) and Chika Unigwe (Nigeria).
“It was a varied and exciting year and I think we have a shortlist that reflects these qualities,†said Alvaro Ribeiro, the chairman of this year’s panel of judges.
Judges include Kenya playwright Biyi Bandele.