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Ugandan poet longlisted for Wole Soyinka prize

Harriet Anena, a Ugandan poet and short story writer. PHOTO | COURTESY TWITTER

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Ugandan poet Harriet Anena has been longlisted for the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. This is the sixth edition of the prize.

Nine other African poets have been listed and Anena’s entry is her poetry collection titled A Nation In Labour.

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