On behalf of the panel of judges, I present the winners of the African Writers Awards (AWA), the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature, and the African Teen Writers Awards. The awards were presented at the just concluded African Writers Conference in Douala, Cameroon.
I would like to thank once again the panel of judges; Nahida Esmail (Tanzania), Gankhanani Moffat Moyo (Zambia), Sabah Carrim (Mauritius), Nabilah Usman (Nigeria), Corona Cermak (Tanzania), Tamunomieibi Enoch (Nigeria), Patricia Peace Ejang (Uganda), Comfort Nyati, SDB (Zimbabwe), Temani Nkalolang (Botswana), Halieo Motanyane (Lesotho) and Namse Udosen (Nigeria).
Below are the winners. Please click on any of the names to read the winning entries.
African Teen Writers Awards for Poetry ($100)
It Gets Lonely by Nifemi Emmanuel (Nigeria)
African Teen Writers Awards for Short Stories ($100)
My Juicy Life by Testimony Odey (Nigeria)
African Writers Awards for Creative Non-Fiction ($200)
Let my People Go by Britney Muoghalu (Nigeria)
African Writers Awards for Poetry ($200)
The Slums of Mbayani by Temwani Mgunda (Malawi)
African Writers Awards for Drama ($200)
Dusk to Dawn by Gloria Akayi Asoloko (Nigeria) – 2nd-time winner
Wakini Kuria Award for Children’s Literature (1st place $200, 2nd place $150, and 3rd place $100)
- Beans Can’t be vegetables by Ogbu Eme (Nigeria) – Previously won AWA
- Siki and the Bicycle by Blessing Amatemeso (Nigeria)
- Grandma’s Needlework by Joshua Robertson (Ghana)
Congratulations to all the winners.
Anthony Onugba,
Chief Judge,
African Writers Awards
