Tanzanian wins Flash Fiction competition

Why did you burn yourself, Ana? Sister Clara, the nurse at St Mary’s Girls’ Secondary School asked me, as two matrons tightly restrained me to a bed in the school infirmary. Babu told me to set him on fire, I whispered with a shaking voice. He said he wanted to feel the flames lick the folds of his wrinkled skin like orange tongues.

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BBC

Adichie wins US fiction honour

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah.

 

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Dewji Blog

30 Oct

Etisalat Prize for Literature: Call for Entries for 2014 Flash Fiction Prize Category Announced

The winning author receives a cash prize, a high-end device, with his or her published e-book promoted online and via digital media platforms

Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat (http://www.etisalat.com.ng), has announced the 2014 Flash Fiction Prize category of the Etisalat Prize for literature. This award category which is in line with the company’s goal of inspiring and encouraging creativity is designed to celebrate the short form of storytelling.

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BBC

03 Nov

Adichie wins top women's fiction honour

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun tops a list of the last decade's winners of the Baileys Women's Fiction Prize.

 

9 years ago

Michuzi

Introducing Tanzanian fiction writer, anthropologist, and independent documentary filmmaker, Mohamed Yunus

 Tanzanian fiction writer, anthropologist, and independent documentary filmmaker, Mohamed Yunus. Mohamed Yunus's work including: "Hope's Hunter" and "Lessons of Salt and Honey" have been published by Bloomsbury Press and JALADA online respectively.Mohamed Yunus Rafiq is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at Brown University with research interest in the intersection of state, religion and public health. Formerly, Mohamed co-founded and managed Aang Serian Peace Village, a...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

06 Mar

University of Dar es Salaam Wins Jessup Moot Court Competition to Qualify for ...

University of Dar es Salaam Wins Jessup Moot Court Competition to Qualify for ...
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The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) won this year's national Jessup Moot Court competition to snatch a ticket to represent Tanzania at the World Moot Court Competition in Washington, the United States, in December 2015. The UDSM law students ...

 

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Africanjam.Com

TECHNOLOGY: HOW TO MAKE A FLASH DISK BOOTABLE (FORMAT USING FLASH DRIVE)

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A bootable USB flash drive can be a pretty useful tool when diagnosing a computer. Luckily, they're easy to make and easy to use. Check out this guide for a complete walkthrough.

Decide on the purpose of your flash drive. An often-used tool is the MS-DOS bootable drive. Booting to MS-DOS will allow you to troubleshoot older Windows installations, as well as run a variety of diagnostic and repair tools. To create an MS-DOS bootable flash drive, you will need a blank flash drive,...

 

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TheCitizen

12 Feb

Tanzanian girl among semi-finalists in google competition

Tanzania’s Gloria Mangi has been named among 20 semi-finalists in Google’s Africa Connected competition launched last August.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Dec

Tanzanian film wins US award

‘Dogo Masai’ a Tanzanian film directed by Timoth Conrad, a Tanzanian film director, Producer and writer, has won three awards at the California Viewers’ Choice Awards in the US. 

 

10 years ago

BBC

Tanzanian wins innovation prize

A Tanzanian chemical engineer wins a prestigious innovation prize for his water filter that could change the lives of millions of African.

 

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