The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships. Of the twenty names, five are from Nigeria, four from Kenya, four from South Africa and one each from Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Somalia and Zimbabwe.
Choosing the shortlist seems to get harder every year. We had fewer bad entries this year and the good ones are exceptionally good. We had over 550 entries, our highest number to date, with writers applying from 27 countries. Miles Morland commented, “I can’t think of anywhere else in the world that could produce a shortlist with such energy, imagination and originality. I’d like to see more of the humour for which countries like Nigeria are famous but apart from that the shortlist has just about everything, an astonishing variety.”
The judges, Ellah Allfrey from Zimbabwe in the chair, assisted by Femi Terry from Sierra Leone and Muthoni Garland from Kenya, will meet on 26th November to select the 2018 Scholars. Their names will be announced shortly afterwards.
The 2018 shortlist is as follows:
Heran Abate – Ethiopia
Pwaangulongii Dauod – Nigeria
Edwige Dro – Cote D’Ivoire
Dare Segun Falowo – Nigeria
Muthoni Gichuru – Kenya
Shubnum Khan – South Africa
Jacqui L’Ange – South Africa
Idza Luhumyo – Kenya
Sibabalwe Masinyana – South Africa
Marcelle Mateki Akita – Ghana
Howard Meh-Buh – Cameroon
Pulane Mpondo – South Africa
Wairimu Muriithi – Kenya
Siphiwe Ndlovu – Zimbabwe
Olufunke Ogundimu – Nigeria
Makena Onjerika – Kenya
Mary Ononokpono – Nigeria
Yovanka Paquete Perdigao – Guinea – Bissau
Hassan Santur – Somalia
Kola Tubosun – Nigeria
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