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Baharoon, Julius win Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili prize

A combo photo showing winners of the 2018 Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Jacob Ngumbau Julius (left) and Zainab Alwi Baharoon. PHOTOS | COURTESY

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Zainab Alwi Baharoon from Tanzania and Jacob Ngumbau Julius from Kenya have won top accolades at the 2018 Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.

Baharoon won the fiction category for her novel Mungu Hakopeshwi (God doesn’t borrow.)

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