The 2017 short list for the third Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature competition has been announced.
The six shortlisted works and authors are: Patrick Emanuel – Hali Halisi (poetry); Ally Hilal – Mmeza Mfupa (fiction); Hassan Omar Mambosasa – Nsungi (fiction); Mwalimu Mbatiah – Kibweta cha Almasi (fiction); Richard Atuti Nyabuya – Umalenga wa Nyanda za Juu (poetry); and Dotto Rangimoto – Mwanangu Rudi Nyumbani (poetry).
