Season of Awards: NAMA (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe's NAMA awards cover diverse fields of the arts, but I will just share information about the literary awards. The results of the 9th NAMA awards in this category are as follows:

Outstanding Fiction Book

•The Fading Sun by David Mungoshi
(Other nominees were: Absent: The English Teacher by John Eppel and Many Rivers by Christopher Mlalazi)

Outstanding Children’s Book

•The Man, Shaggy Leopard and the Jackal by Ignatius T. Mabasa
(The other nominee was: Kolobeja by Phathisa Nyathi)

Outstanding First Creative Published Work

•Harare North by Brian Chikwava
(Other nominees were An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah and The Trek and the Other Stories by Lawrence Hoba)

Congratulations to the winners and all the nominees. This is very inspiring, considering that I have followed some of these books since their manuscript and galley phases. I know the authors as hardworking, no-nonsense people committed to literature, and this is a deserved honor. Two of the winning books, and one nominee, are by Lion Press Ltd, the new UK-based publisher run by Zimbabwean writers.

Comments

Jonathan Masere said…
Brother Manu, thanks for the props. I look forward to congratulating you for an award fairly soon.
February 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Emmanuel Sigauke said…
Thank you, my brother. I know you have a lot to offer too, and one of these days we will be reading more of your works. There is just so much talent, and this seems to be the right time to showcase Zim writing.
February 23, 2010 at 1:35 PM
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