Interview Series

2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

Literature as a Place of Communion: A Dialogue with Isaac Kanyinji

June 27, 2025June 30, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, Interview Series, Isaac Kanyinji, literary award, Poet, Poetry, Ubwali Literary Magazine, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian poet, Zambian writer

LITERATURE AS A PLACE OF COMMUNION A DIALOGUE WITH ISAAC KANYINJI Isaac Kanyinji is a Zambian poet and short story

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

The Sacred Ritual of Preserving the Fleeting and Fragile: A Dialogue with Dacious Kasoka

June 24, 2025June 25, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, Dacious Kasoka, Interview Series, literary award, Poet, Poetry, Ubwali Literary Magazine, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian poet, Zambian writer

THE SACRED RITUAL OF PRESERVING THE FLEETING AND FRAGILE A DIALOGUE WITH DACIOUS KASOKA Dacious Kasoka is an economist, poet,

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

Worldbuilding and the Frenzy of Analysis: A Dialogue with Mwila Agatha Zaza

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 africaindialogue 1 Comment 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, diaspora, fiction, Finland, Helsinki, Interview Series, literary award, Mwila Agatha Zaza, Ubwali Literary Magazine, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian writer

WORLDBUILDING AND THE FRENZY OF ANALYSIS A DIALOGUE WITH MWILA AGATHA ZAZA Mwila Agatha Zaza is a Zambian-Finnish author and

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

Growing in Community and Elevating Creativity: A Dialogue with Mwanabibi Sikamo

June 17, 2025June 18, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, creative non-fiction, essays, Interview Series, literary award, Mwanabibi Sikamo, Ubwali Literary Magazine, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian writer

GROWING IN COMMUNITY AND ELEVATING CREATIVITY A DIALOGUE WITH MWANABIBI SIKAMO Mwanabibi Sikamo is a Zambian storyteller and award-winning filmmaker.

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

Confronting Mortality and the Dynamic Inner World: A Dialogue with Mwinji Siame

June 13, 2025June 14, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, fiction, Interview Series, literary award, Mwinji Siame, Ubwali Literary Magazine, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian writer

CONFRONTING MORTALITY AND THE DYNAMIC INNER WORLD A DIALOGUE WITH MWINJI SIAME Mwinji is a freelance writer and artist based

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

Running Towards Fear and the Freedom to be Wild: A Dialogue with Suwilanji Namusamba

June 10, 2025June 11, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, creative non-fiction, essays, Interview Series, literary award, Poet, Poetry, Suwilanji Namusamba, Zambia, Zambian literature, Zambian writer

RUNNING TOWARDS FEAR AND THE FREEDOM TO BE WILD A DIALOGUE WITH SUWILANJI NAMUSAMBA Suwilanji is an avid reader, foodie,

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2025 Ubwali Hope Prize Dialogues 

2025 Ubwali Hope Prize: Conversations with Shortlisted Writers

June 4, 2025June 5, 2025 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2025 Ubwali Hope Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, creative non-fiction, Dacious Kasoka, essays, fiction, Interview Series, Isaac Kanyinji, literary award, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Mwanabibi Sikamo, Mwila Agatha Zaza, Mwinji Siame, Poetry, Suwilanji Namusamba, Zambia, Zambian literature

2025 ubwali hope PRIZE CONVERSATIONS WITH SHORTLISTED WRITERS It is winter in South Africa and if you want to know

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Doing Unimaginable Things With Language: A Dialogue with Kasimma

May 10, 2023June 7, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Interview Series, Kasimma, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian novelist, nigerian writer, Novelist, Uchenna Emelife

DOING UNIMAGINABLE THINGS WITH LANGUAGE A DIALOGUE WITH KASIMMA Kasimma is from Igboland—obodo ndị dike! She holds the 2022 Nikky

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2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize Dialogues 

The Fictional Character as a Teacher: A Dialogue with Howard Meh-Buh Maximus

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, african short stories, African Writers, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, Davina Philomena Kawuma, fiction, Howard Meh-Buh Maximus, Interview Magazine, Interview Series

THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER AS A TEACHER A DIALOGUE WITH HOWARD MEH-BUH MAXIMUS Howard Meh-Buh Maximus is a Cameroonian writer and

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2022 Isele Poetry Prize Dialogues 

A Kind of Haunting: A Dialogue with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

April 27, 2023March 11, 2026 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Isele Poetry Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, African Writers, Award-winning Literature, Award-winning poetry, contemporary poetry, Davina Philomena Kawuma, Interview Magazine, Interview Series, The Isele Poetry Prize, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

A KIND OF HAUNTING A DIALOGUE WITH UCHECHUKWU PETER UMEZURIKE Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an assistant professor in the Department

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