Chinua Achebe (Nigeria), author of Things Fall Apart, wins the 2007 Man Booker International Prize.
More: http://www.manbookerinternational.com/home
Chimamandi Adichie (Nigeria), author of Purple Hibiscus (2003) and Half of a Yellow Sun (2006),
wins the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007).
Press Release: http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/opf/press.php4?prid=27
Monica Arac de Nyeko (Uganda), author of Jambula Tree, wins the 2007 Caine Prize for African Writing.
More:www.caineprize.com, BBC Interview
God Sleeps in Rwanda, a film by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman, 2004, 28 minutes, Color, VHS/DVD,
wins the Best Documentary Emmy Award and nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
More: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c681.shtml
Patricia Ogedengbe is granted a Fulbright award that would allow her devote time away from work to collect and assess public education/awareness materials on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. This project was something she thought of in the summer of 2006 as an invigorating way to get a sense of self and keep her mind busy. Patricia will leave for Nigeria in the Fall, 2007 and return in the Spring, 2008.