WRITERS Top 100 African Influencers in the world 54 Brian Chikwava Zimbabwe Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story, ‘Seventh Street Alchemy’ was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English. He became the first Zimbabwean to do so. He is among the exciting new generation of writers emerging from the African continent. 55 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigeria WRITERS Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on September 15, 1977. It is during her senior year at Eastern that she started working on her first novel, ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ released in October 2003. The book was short-listed for the Orange Fiction Prize (2004) and awarded the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (2005). 42 www.glamsquadmagazine.com
Top 100 African Influencers in the world WRITERS Doreen Baingana 56 Uganda 57 Zukiswa Wanner South Africa Doreen Baingana is a Ugandan short story writer. Her book, ‘Tropical Fish,’ won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Best First Book, Africa Region, and an AWP Short Fiction Award. Her work has appeared in AGNI, Glimmer Train, African American Review, Callaloo, The Guardian, and Kwani. Zukiswa Wanner is a South African journalist and novelist; born in Zambia and now based in Kenya. Since 2006, when she published her first book, her novels have been short-listed for awards including the South African Literary Awards and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. 58 Odia Ofeimun Nigeria Odia Ofeimun is a Nigerian poet and polemicist. The author of many volumes of poetry, books of political essays and others on cultural politics, he is also the editor of two significant anthologies of Nigerian poetry. www.glamsquadmagazine.com 43
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