The longlist for the CANEX Prize for Publishing has been revealed! Recognizing the publisher of the best African fiction or non-fiction titles, here is list of the books, their authors and its publishing company:
- The Presidents…From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership the Age of Crisis, Richard Call and Mabel Sithole (Penguin Random House SA)
- Reine Or, Miss Fatou Sy (La Case des Lucioles)
- Widows Wear Lipstick: Navigating Grief and Finding Meaning After Loss, Martha Kyoshaba Twinamasiko (Leap Book Publishers)
- The Beautiful Side of the Moon, Leye Adenle (Ouida Books)
- Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence, Pumla Dineo Gqola (Cassava Republic Press)
- The Lion’s Africa’s Animal Past, Sandra Swart (Jacana Media)
- Sanya, Oyin Olugbile (Masobe Books)
- Avenues By Train, Farai Mudzingwa (Cassava Republic Press)
- Paperless, Buntu Siwisa (Jacana Media)
- When We Were Fireflies, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Masobe Books)
- Peaches and Smeets, Ashti Juggath (Modjaji Books)
- Half Hour Hara, Ugo Anidi (Kachifo)
- African Odyssey of a Lebanese Emigrant…An Autobiography of Sorts, Habib Jaafar (Bookcraft)
Curated from a 13-man longlist after assessing 85 titles from 45 publishers across 10 countries in Africa, showcasing the rich array of stories that define African publishing.
The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa is a part of the CANEX Book Factory. The CANEX Book Factory is an annual programme of events of the Creative Africa Nexus initiative of African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank) that is designed to spotlight and elevate the African book value chain through the prize, a Pan-African writing workshop, and an e-newsletter highlighting African literature.
Congratulations to all longlisted authors!
Bakare Oluwatobiloba
I write to educate, motivate and define history with literature. Just being me!
