Women Dominate Booker International Prize Shortlist

Small presses loom large on International Booker prize longlist  The Guardian2020 International Booker Prize longlist revealed  The Irish TimesView Full coverage on Google News

Nigeria's Chigozie Obioma is among the six writers shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel The Fisherman.

Ten writers - including four from Africa - are in the running to win the £60,000 Man Booker International Prize.

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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The EAC Secretariat celebrated International Women’s Day as part of its strategy to increase the participation of women in the EAC’s regional integration process. 
Under this year’s theme ‘Make it Happen,’ the Deputy Secretary General, together with the Arusha City Council, Women Organisations, Staff members of the EAC and other invited guests, took part in a ‘Walk for Gender Equality’ around designated areas in Arusha town, visited the Maternity Unit of Mt. Meru Regional Hospital, launched...

International Women’s Day is more than just giving a gift to a woman you appreciate and say she is great. This day symbolizes women’s struggles around the world for equality and basic human rights, and a reminder of how far there is still to go. It’s also a time to reflect on development made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage, strength and determination done by ordinary women who have played extraordinary roles in our countries, communities and families.

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Four Tanzanian women found at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with ...
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Kenya: Four Tanzanians were Wednesday evening arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi while trying to fly out with drugs believed to be cocaine. The four who include one man had arrived at the airport and wanted to fly to Hong Kong ...

>The world-famous Hindu nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) proclaimed that ‘a woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity... If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior... If non-violence is the law of our being, then the future is with women...’

Women in Leadership Executive MBA Scholarship

Hull University Business School is pleased to offer a full scholarship to cover the tuition fees of a prospective female student applying for the Hull Executive MBA programme… More

University of South Australia University-Wide Scholarships for International Applicants

The University of South Australia offers the following scholarships to international applicants – International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) and University President’s...