AWARDS FOR BOOKS ABOUT AFRICA
Original edition - Patricia S. Kuntz
(Ongoing additions/corrections - mfrankwi@indiana.edu)
AFRICA
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS, CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO PRIZE (Nigeria - A)
FONLON NICHOLS AWARD (Cameroon-A)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (South Africa - C)
TOYOTA/CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FOUNDATION AWARD (Ghana - C)
ZIMBABWEAN PUBLISHERS LITERARY AWARDS (Zimbabwe - A)
EUROPE
AMAURY TALBOT PRIZE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA (United Kingdom - A)
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS, CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO PRIZE (Nigeria - A)
BOOKER AWARD (United Kingdom - A)
CAINE PRIZE (United Kingdom - A)
COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE (AFRICA) (United Kingdom - A)
EDGAR GRAHAM BOOK PRIZE (United Kingdom - A)
GRAND PRIX LITTERAIRE DE L'AFRIQUE NOIRE (France - A)
NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE (Sweden - A)
NOMA AWARD (United Kingdom - A & C)
TREVOR REESE MEMORIAL PRIZE (United Kingdom - A)
UNESCO BOOK PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE IN THE SERVICE OF TOLERANCE (France - C)
THE VOICE OF AFRICA (Sweden - A)
NORTH AMERICA
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (United States - A & C)
GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE (United States - A)
NEUSTADT PRIZE (United States - A)
A = Adult books
C = Children/young adult books
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Comments: Marion Frank Wilson
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