Noma Prize for African Literature

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The Noma Prize for African Literature ( Japanese 野 間 ア フ リ カ 出版 賞 , Noma Afurika Shuppanshō , English Noma Award for Publishing in Africa / French Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique ) was founded in 1979 by the Japanese publisher Shōichi Noma and held annually from 1980 to 2009 awarded to African writers and scholars whose work has been published in Africa. The award was endowed with 10,000 US dollars and was supported by the Japanese publishing house Kōdansha . It was awarded for an outstanding new publication in one of the three following categories:

  • scientific or academic work
  • Children's book
  • literary work

The work could be written in either an African or a European language.

After 30 years of generous support from the Noma family, the last award was given in 2009 to the Nigerian writer Sefi Atta .

Award winners

1980-1989

year author country title genus German title
1980 Mariama Bâ SenegalSenegal Senegal Une si longue lettre novel Such a long letter , 1983
1981 Felix C. Adi NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Health Education for the Community
1982 Meshack Asare GhanaGhana Ghana The Brassman's Secret Children's book Kwajo and the secret of the drum man , 1995
1983 Austin NE Amissah GhanaGhana Ghana Criminal Procedure in Ghana
1984 Gakaara wa Wanjau KenyaKenya Kenya Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in Prison memories
Njabulo Ndebele South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa Fools and other stories stories
1985 Bernard Nanga CameroonCameroon Cameroon La Trahison de Marianne novel
1986 Antonio Jacinto AngolaAngola Angola Sobreviver in Tarrafal de Santiago Poetry
1987 Pierre Kipré Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast Villes de Côte d'Ivoire (1893–1940)
1988 Luli Callinicos South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa Working life. Factories, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand (1886–1940)
1989 Chenjerai Hove ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe Bones novel Bones , 1990

1990-1999

year author country title genus German title
1990 Francis Wilson and Mamphela Ramphele South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge
1991 Niyi Osundare NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Waiting Laughters Poetry
1992 Souad Khodja AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria A comme Algériennes
Charles Mungoshi ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe One Day, Long Ago. More Stories from a Shona Childhood Children's book
1993 Mongane Wally Serote South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa Third World Express Poetry
1994 A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century (CODESRIA, Dakar 1993)
1995 Marlene van Niekerk South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Triomf novel
1996 Kitia Touré Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast Destin's parallel novel
1997 Albert Adu Boahen GhanaGhana Ghana Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History (1876–1976)
1998 Peter Adwok Nyaba SudanSudan Sudan The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View
1999 Djibril Samb SenegalSenegal Senegal L'interprétation des rêves dans la région sénégambienne

2000-2009

year author country title genus German title
2000 Kimani Njogu and Rocha Chimera KenyaKenya Kenya Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu
2001 Abosede Emanuel NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Odun Ifa / Ifa Festival
2002 Hamdi Sakkut EgyptEgypt Egypt The Arabic Novel: Bibliography and Critical Introduction (1865–1995)
2003 Elinor Sisulu South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Walter and Albertina Sisulu. In Our Lifetime biography
2004 * Njabulo Ndebele South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa The Cry of Winnie Mandela novel
Brett Bailey South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa The Plays of Miracle and Wonder theatre
Tunde Lawal-Solarin NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Lanre and the Queen of the Stream Children's book
Adeboye Babalola and Olugboyega Alaba NigeriaNigeria Nigeria A Dictionary of Yoruba Personal Names
2005 Werewere-Liking Gnepo CameroonCameroon Cameroon La mémoire amputée novel
2006 Lebogang Mashile South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa In a ribbon of rhythm Poetry
2007 Shimmer Chinodya Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast Strife novel Discord , 2010
2008 Zachariah Rapola South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Beginnings of a Dream Short stories
2009 Sefi Atta NigeriaNigeria Nigeria Lawless and Other Stories Short stories
  • * The jury decided not to choose a winner, but to give four titles a special mention ( Honorable Mention ).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Hiltrud Gnüg, Renate Möhrmann (ed.): Women, literature, history. Writing women from the Middle Ages to the present . JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01543-2 , pp. 425 .
  2. Manfred Loimeier : The power of the word. The journalistic interview as a form of reception for African literatures . Bayreuth African Studies, Bayreuth 2006, ISBN 3-927510-94-7 , pp. 116 .
  3. Thomas Mösch: "Your mind must be fully awake here". In: dw-world.de. July 5, 2010, accessed August 22, 2010 .

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