Hafsa Zayyan is a writer and dispute resolution lawyer based in London. She won the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers Prize in 2019. We Are All Birds of Uganda is her debut novel, inspired by the mixed background from which she hails. She studied Law at the University of Cambridge and holds a masters degree from the University of Oxford. (Penguin Random House)
We have been under one or another form of state-imposed lockdown since March 2020.
Here, we have found new ways of escaping while staying inside.
Having had most of last year to settle into the new normal, many have resolved to spend more time reading so here’s a set of African titles to look forward to in 2021.
SunStar
Contributed photo January 25, 2021 THE international longlist for one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize is announced on January 21, 2021, featuring a record number of nine debut writers.
The list comprises nine novels, two poetry collections and one short story collection, and at a time when travel has been restricted and contact with loved ones limited, these extraordinary titles eight of which are by female writers transport the reader from Seoul to Hong Kong, Syria to Kilburn, Montana to Dublin, in a powerful exploration of homeland, identity, and relationships: