Shortlist out for Kiswahili Literature Prize 2023

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Dotto Daudi Rangimoto (L) receives his 2022 Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize from the Prime Minister of Tanzania Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Manuscripts by five Tanzanian and three Kenyan authors have made it to the 2023 Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature shortlist.

The shortlisted works and authors were announced in the categories of fiction, poetry and short story collections. The shortlist was announced in Nairobi on January 10, 2024.