The 2024 Miles Morland Scholarship Winners
The Miles Morland Foundation Announces 2024 Writing Scholarship Winners.
In October 2024, the Miles Morland Foundation revealed the shortlist for its annual writing scholarships, showcasing exceptional literary talent from across Africa. From over 500 submissions, four outstanding writers have been selected as this year’s recipients of the prestigious award.
The 2024 Miles Morland Writing Scholarship Winners are:
- Carey Baraka (Kenya)
- Fayssal Bensalah (Algeria)
- Yvette Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
- Frances Ogamba (Nigeria)
Scholarship Proposals by the Winners:
- Carey Baraka (Kenya): Baraka will write a nonfiction account of the Shakahola cult killings, exploring the lives lost, survivors’ stories, and the socio-political factors fueling religious extremism in East Africa.
- Fayssal Bensalah (Algeria): Bensalah’s project is a darkly absurd satire on colonialism and environmental devastation, chronicling a flamboyant French colonel’s surreal journey through 1950s Algeria.
- Yvette Ndlovu (Zimbabwe): Ndlovu offers an AfroSurrealist fable of resistance, following a journalist-turned-revolutionary in a fictional Zimbabwe haunted by the resurrection of its former dictator.
- Frances Ogamba (Nigeria): Ogamba’s speculative novel will follow a man whose memory is severed by a spiritual spell. Years later, a fatal accident helps him rediscover his identity. The work explores migration (the Japa phenomenon), memory, and the reclamation of African traditions through Igbo spirituality and ancestral justice.
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Every year, the Miles Morland Foundation awards its writing scholarships to support African writers in producing the first drafts of their books. Each scholar receives a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over twelve months, to focus on their craft.
Previous recipients of this prestigious grant include:
Rafeeat Aliyu,
Kiprop Kimutai,
and Remy Ngamije.
Congratulations to the current winners.
