28/08/2025
Shortlist announced for prestigious literary award!
Uhuru Portia Phalafala's book on writer and activist Bra Willie, 'Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement' has been shortlisted for The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African Writing for books published in 2024.
The winner of this prestigious literary award will be announced in September. The prize money is R75,000.
The shortlisted books for the award are:
- Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement by Uhuru Portia Phalafala
- The Comrade’s Wife by Barbara Boswell
- The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil by Shubnum Khan
Phalafala presents with her book a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora, and makes a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studies, jazz studies, politics, and creativity.
https://www.witspress.co.za/page/detail/Keorapetse-Kgositsile-and-the-Black-Arts-Movement/?K=9781776148929
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