Afritondo Short Story Prize 2024 Longlist is Here

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The Afritondo Short Story Prize is back with its 2024 longlist as judged by the prize’s first three winners Jarred Thompson, Desta Haile, and Howard Meh-Buh Maximus. From a pool of around 400 submissions, the judges have picked their best 15 for the longlist as follows: 

The writers on the 2024 longlist are:

  1. Ema Babikwa (Uganda) — Medium
  2. Vayunamu Bawa (Nigeria) — Thiero Island
  3. Cynthia Kistasamy (South Africa) — The Beach House
  4. Joshua Lubwama (Uganda) — Queen of the Radio
  5. Sanni Omodolapo (Nigeria) — Your Name is your Covering
  6. Evalyne Muliwa (Kenya) — He Who Brings The Rain
  7. mwĩhaki mũragũri (Kenya) — Longing
  8. Hussani Abdulrahim (Nigeria) — reCaptcha
  9. Sabah Carrim (Mauritius) — Fading Mehndi
  10. Khetani Michael Banda (Zimbabwe) — Minus
  11. Jesutomisin Ipinmoye (Nigeria) — Again?
  12. B. T. Karuma (Zimbabwe) — Demon of False Hope
  13. Charmaine Denison-George (Sierra Leone) — Traveling Men Don’t Die
  14. Foday Mannah (Sierra Leone) — Of New Churches and Devils
  15. Ufuoma Kwale (Nigeria) — Countdown to Forever

The profiles of all the longlisted writers can be found here.

Congratulations and all the best to them all.

JAY Lit