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The '''Noma Award for Publishing in Africa''' (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique''), which ran from 1980 |
The '''Noma Award for Publishing in Africa''' (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique''), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual [[USD|$]]10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in [[Africa]]. Within four years of its establishment, the prize "had become the major book award in Africa".<ref name="Khorana1998">{{cite book|editor=Meena Khorana|title=Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children's and Young Adult Literature|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJJXFrUTMwC&pg=PA27|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29864-6|pages=27–44|chapter=Award-winning Children's Books: The Noma Selections, 1980–1994}}</ref> It was one of the series of [[Noma Prize]]s. |
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The prize was established in 1979 by [[Shoichi Noma]] (died 1984), president of [[Kodansha Ltd]], the largest publishing house in Japan, to encourage the publication of works by African authors.<ref name="Owomoyela2008">{{cite book|editor=Oyekan Owomoyela|title=The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaZx0Q2O3l8C&pg=PA132|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=2008|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12686-1|page=132}}</ref> The award was annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award was sponsored by Kodansha Ltd, administered by the quarterly ''[[African Book Publishing Record]]'',<ref name="Altbach1996">{{cite book|editor=Philip Altbach|title=International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkrGLRvKWpwC&pg=PA370|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-16-9|page=370}}</ref> and presented under the auspices of [[UNESCO]]. Books were admissible in any of the languages of Africa, whether [[Languages of Africa|local]] or [[Languages of Europe|European]]. The award was ended in 2009 after the Noma family ceased its sponsorship.<ref name="NomaAward2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml|title=The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa|work=Noma Award |
The prize was established in 1979 by [[Shoichi Noma]] (died 1984), president of [[Kodansha Ltd]], the largest publishing house in Japan, to encourage the publication of works by African authors.<ref name="Owomoyela2008">{{cite book|editor=Oyekan Owomoyela|title=The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaZx0Q2O3l8C&pg=PA132|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=2008|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12686-1|page=132}}</ref> The award was annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award was sponsored by Kodansha Ltd, administered by the quarterly ''[[African Book Publishing Record]]'',<ref name="Altbach1996">{{cite book|editor=Philip Altbach|title=International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkrGLRvKWpwC&pg=PA370|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-16-9|page=370}}</ref> and presented under the auspices of [[UNESCO]]. Books were admissible in any of the languages of Africa, whether [[Languages of Africa|local]] or [[Languages of Europe|European]]. The award was ended in 2009 after the Noma family ceased its sponsorship.<ref name="NomaAward2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml|title=The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa|work=Noma Award|year=2009|author=|accessdate=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180155/http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml|archive-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Winners == |
== Winners == |
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*'''1980''': ''Une Si Longue Lettre'' by [[Mariama Bâ]] |
*'''1980''': ''[[Une Si Longue Lettre]]'' by [[Mariama Bâ]] |
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*'''1981''': ''Health Education for the Community'' by [[Felix C. Adi]] |
*'''1981''': ''Health Education for the Community'' by [[Felix C. Adi]] |
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*'''1982''': ''The Brassman’s Secret'' by [[Meshack Asare]] |
*'''1982''': ''The Brassman’s Secret'' by [[Meshack Asare]] |
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*'''1983''': ''Criminal Procedure in Ghana'' by [[Austin Amissah|Austin N.E. Amissah]] |
*'''1983''': ''Criminal Procedure in Ghana'' by [[Austin Amissah|Austin N.E. Amissah]] |
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*'''1984''': ''Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in'' [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by [[Gakaara wa Wanjau]], ''Fools and other stories'' by [[Njabulo Ndebele]] |
*'''1984''': ''Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in'' [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by [[Gakaara wa Wanjau]], ''Fools and other stories'' by [[Njabulo Ndebele]] (Johannesburg: [[Ravan Press]])<ref>[https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/abpr.1988.14.issue-4/abpr.1988.14.4.231/abpr.1988.14.4.231.xml "A Profile of Ravan Press: 1984 Noma Award Winner"], ''The African Book Publishing Record'', Vol. 14, Issue 4, January 1988, p. 231. Retrieved 7 September 2019.</ref> |
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*'''1985''': ''La Trahison de Marianne'' by [[Bernard Nanga]] |
*'''1985''': ''La Trahison de Marianne'' by [[Bernard Nanga]] |
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*'''1986''': ''Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago'' [poetry] by [[António Jacinto]] |
*'''1986''': ''Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago'' [poetry] by [[António Jacinto]] |
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*'''1987''': ''Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, |
*'''1987''': ''Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, 1893–1940'' by [[Pierre Kipré]] |
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*'''1988''': ''Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940'' by [[Luli Callinicos]] |
*'''1988''': ''Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940'' by [[Luli Callinicos]] |
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*'''1989''': ''Bones'' by [[Chenjerai Hove]] |
*'''1989''': ''Bones'' by [[Chenjerai Hove]] |
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*'''1994''': ''A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century'' (Dakar: [[CODESRIA]], 1993) |
*'''1994''': ''A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century'' (Dakar: [[CODESRIA]], 1993) |
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*'''1995''': ''Triomf'' by [[Marlene van Niekerk]] |
*'''1995''': ''Triomf'' by [[Marlene van Niekerk]] |
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*'''1996''': ''Destins |
*'''1996''': ''Destins parallèles'' by [[Kitia Toure]] |
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*'''1997''': ''Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976'' by [[A. Adu Boahen]] |
*'''1997''': ''Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976'' by [[A. Adu Boahen]] |
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*'''1998''': ''The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View'' by [[Peter Adwok Nyaba]] |
*'''1998''': ''The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View'' by [[Peter Adwok Nyaba]] |
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*'''1999''': '' |
*'''1999''': ''L’Interprétation des rêves dans la région sénégambienne. Suivi de la clef des songes de la Sénégambie de l'Egypte pharaonique et de la tradition islamique'' by [[Djibril Samb]].<ref>''Mots Pluriels'': [http://motspluriels.arts.uwa.edu.au/MP1300sambspeacheng.html acceptance speech]</ref> |
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*'''2000''': ''Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu'' by [[Kimani Njogu]] & [[Rocha Chimera]] |
*'''2000''': ''Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu'' by [[Kimani Njogu]] & [[Rocha Chimera]] |
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*'''2001''': ''Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival'' by [[Abosede Emanuel]] |
*'''2001''': ''Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival'' by [[Abosede Emanuel]] |
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*'''2007''': ''Strife'' by [[Shimmer Chinodya]] |
*'''2007''': ''Strife'' by [[Shimmer Chinodya]] |
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*'''2008''': ''Beginnings of a Dream'' by [[Zachariah Rapola]] |
*'''2008''': ''Beginnings of a Dream'' by [[Zachariah Rapola]] |
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*'''2009''': ''Lawless and Other Stories'' by [[Sefi Atta]] |
*'''2009''': ''Lawless and Other Stories'' by [[Sefi Atta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2009/11/01/nigerian-sefi-atta-wins-the-2009-noma-award/ |title=Nigerian Sefi Atta Wins the 2009 Noma Award |work=Books Live |author=Ben |date=1 November 2009 |accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml Noma Award Site] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180155/http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml Noma Award Site] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 22:24, 19 December 2023
The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual $10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in Africa. Within four years of its establishment, the prize "had become the major book award in Africa".[1] It was one of the series of Noma Prizes.
The prize was established in 1979 by Shoichi Noma (died 1984), president of Kodansha Ltd, the largest publishing house in Japan, to encourage the publication of works by African authors.[2] The award was annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award was sponsored by Kodansha Ltd, administered by the quarterly African Book Publishing Record,[3] and presented under the auspices of UNESCO. Books were admissible in any of the languages of Africa, whether local or European. The award was ended in 2009 after the Noma family ceased its sponsorship.[4]
Winners
- 1980: Une Si Longue Lettre by Mariama Bâ
- 1981: Health Education for the Community by Felix C. Adi
- 1982: The Brassman’s Secret by Meshack Asare
- 1983: Criminal Procedure in Ghana by Austin N.E. Amissah
- 1984: Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by Gakaara wa Wanjau, Fools and other stories by Njabulo Ndebele (Johannesburg: Ravan Press)[5]
- 1985: La Trahison de Marianne by Bernard Nanga
- 1986: Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago [poetry] by António Jacinto
- 1987: Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, 1893–1940 by Pierre Kipré
- 1988: Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940 by Luli Callinicos
- 1989: Bones by Chenjerai Hove
- 1990: Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge by Francis Wilson & Mamphela Ramphele
- 1991: Waiting Laughters [poetry] by Niyi Osundare
- 1992: A comme Algériennes by Souad Khodja; One Day, Long Ago. More Stories from a Shona Childhood by Charles Mungoshi, illustrated by Luke Toronga
- 1993: Third World Express by Mongane Wally Serote
- 1994: A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century (Dakar: CODESRIA, 1993)
- 1995: Triomf by Marlene van Niekerk
- 1996: Destins parallèles by Kitia Toure
- 1997: Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976 by A. Adu Boahen
- 1998: The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View by Peter Adwok Nyaba
- 1999: L’Interprétation des rêves dans la région sénégambienne. Suivi de la clef des songes de la Sénégambie de l'Egypte pharaonique et de la tradition islamique by Djibril Samb.[6]
- 2000: Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu by Kimani Njogu & Rocha Chimera
- 2001: Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival by Abosede Emanuel
- 2002: The Arabic Novel: Bibliography and Critical Introduction, 1865-1995 by Hamdi Sakkut
- 2003: Walter and Albertina Sisulu. In Our Lifetime by Elinor Sisulu
- 2004: In 2004 the jury decided not to select a winner, but did give four titles Honourable Mention:
- The Cry of Winnie Mandela by Njabulo Ndebele
- The Plays of Miracle and Wonder by Brett Bailey
- Lanre and the Queen of the Stream by Tunde Lawal-Solarin
- A Dictionary of Yoruba Personal Names by Adeboye Babalola & Olugboyega Alaba
- 2005: La mémoire amputée by Werewere Liking
- 2006: In a Ribbon of Rhythm by Lebogang Mashile
- 2007: Strife by Shimmer Chinodya
- 2008: Beginnings of a Dream by Zachariah Rapola
- 2009: Lawless and Other Stories by Sefi Atta[7]
See also
External links
References
- ^ Meena Khorana, ed. (1998). "Award-winning Children's Books: The Noma Selections, 1980–1994". Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children's and Young Adult Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 27–44. ISBN 978-0-313-29864-6. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ Oyekan Owomoyela, ed. (2008). The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-231-12686-1. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ Philip Altbach, ed. (1996). International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-884964-16-9. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa". Noma Award. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "A Profile of Ravan Press: 1984 Noma Award Winner", The African Book Publishing Record, Vol. 14, Issue 4, January 1988, p. 231. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Mots Pluriels: acceptance speech
- ^ Ben (1 November 2009). "Nigerian Sefi Atta Wins the 2009 Noma Award". Books Live. Retrieved 13 February 2014.