Tanzania plans literary award to encourage writing
Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Education, Catherine Nombo (right), launches Peponi, a Swahili translation of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise. Others, from left, are the managing director of Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, Mkuki Bgoya, translator of Paradise, Ida Hadjivayanis, Nobel Prize Laureate, Gurnah, and former managing director and founder of Mkuki Na Nyota, Walter Bgoya. PHOTO | COURTESY
The permanent secretary in the ministry of Education, Ms Catherine Nombo, announced this at the launch of Peponi, a translated version of a novel titled Paradise written by Abdulrazak Gurnah, on October 24, 2023.
