Gerald Kraak Award

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 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Succumbing to the Chaos of the Story: A Dialogue with Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, nigerian writer, Uchenna Emelife

SUCCUMBING TO THE CHAOS OF THE STORY A DIALOGUE WITH KANYINSOLA OLORUNNISOLA Kanyinsola Olorunnisola is an experimental writer of Yoruba

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Write What You Feel: A Dialogue with Ola W. Halim

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, nigerian writer, Ola W. Halim, queer literature, Queer Narratives, queer stories, Uchenna Emelife

Write What You Feel A DIALOGUE WITH OLA W. HALIM Ola W. Halim teaches English Studies and Literature-in-English and writes

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Voicing the Fringe: A Dialogue with Ukamaka Olisakwe

February 16, 2023February 17, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Author, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Poets, African Storytelling, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Isele Magazine, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian novelist, nigerian writer, Uchenna Emelife, Ukamaka Olisakwe

VOICING THE FRINGE A DIALOGUE WITH UKAMAKA OLISAKWE Ukamaka Olisakwe grew up in Kano, Nigeria, and now lives in Vermillion,

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

The Writer as an Ally: A Dialogue with Obinna Obioma

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Author, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Interview Series, lgbt rights, LGBTQIA+, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian Poet, nigerian writer, Obinna Obioma, Poetry, queer literature, Queer Narratives, queer stories, Uchenna Emelife

THE WRITER AS AN ALLY A DIALOGUE WITH OBINNA OBIOMA Obinna Obioma is a ghost, liberal, Virgo, tutor, and literary

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Dialogues 

Keeping The Bird Alive: A Dialogue with Lillian Akampurira Aujo

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 africaindialogue 1 Comment 20.35 Africa Anthology, Africa, African Books, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Writers, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, Award-winning poetry, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation, Davina Philomena Kawuma, Ebedi Internatonal Writers Residency, FEMRITE, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Interview Magazine, Jalada, Lillian Akampurira Aujo, literary magazine, Nommo Award, Poetry, Uganda, Uganda Women Writers Association, Ugandan Writer, Writivism

KEEPING THE BIRD ALIVE A DIALOGUE WITH LILLIAN AKAMPURIRA AUJO Lillian Akampurira Aujo is a Ugandan poet and short fiction

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2017 Gerald Kraak Award Dialogues Short Story Writer 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Amatesiro Dore

August 1, 2017June 3, 2020 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african lit, African Storytelling, christianity in africa, featured, Gerald Kraak Award, Literature, religious intolerance

Amatesiro Dore is an alumnus of the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop, Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency and

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2017 Gerald Kraak Award Dialogues Photographer 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Julia Hango

July 30, 2017June 3, 2020 africaindialogue 0 Comments activism, Africa in Dialogue, art, Gerald Kraak Award, interracial relationships, Photography

Julia Hango, better known as JuliART has self-funded three successful solo exhibitions to kick start her provocative feminist art career

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2017 Gerald Kraak Award Dialogues Non-Fiction Writer 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Beyers de Vos

July 29, 2017June 3, 2020 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Storytelling, featured, Gerald Kraak Award, homelessness, LGBTI

Beyers de Vos is a writer and journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. His first novel, Talion, will be

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2017 Gerald Kraak Award Dialogues Poet 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese

July 28, 2017June 3, 2020 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Poetry, African Storytelling, canon, featured, Gerald Kraak Award, heritage, Literature

 Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese was born in 1990 in Durban. She is currently based in Stellenbosch and is a PhD student at

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