Postdoctoral research fellow, Rhodes University
Born in Kenya, Doseline Kiguru is a postdoctoral research fellow at Rhodes University. Her research focuses on literary prizes and the production of African literary and cultural value. Before embarking on an academic career she was a journalist and editor.
African literary prizes are contested -- but writers' groups are reshaping them
Dec 03, 2019 03:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Literary prizes do more than offer recognition and cash to writers and help readers decide what book to choose. They shape the literary canon, a countrys body of highly regarded writing. They help shape what the future...
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