Topic: Memoir as Remembered Narrative
Zakes Mda’s autobiography: Sometimes There Is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider, was the New York Times Notable Book for 2012. It was first published by Penguin books in 2011, and Farrar Straus and Giroux in 2012. Zakes has published 21 books and has been translated into 20 languages. He teaches at Ohio University, and is a board member of AWT.
AWT director and board members
Guests enjoying snacks after the keynote address
2nd March, 2015 Morning In this room, writers and storytellers gather to talk about books and literary initiatives. It’s the second Uganda […]
This blog first appeared on the Commonwealth Writers site. Commonwealth Writers is the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. It inspires, develops […]
Dear lovely writers and friends of writers
3rd March, 2015. Morning session In the years following independence (1960’s for most African countries), many African writers including Chinua Achebe, Okot […]
