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First Black African Woman Has Been Nominated For Booker Prize

First Black African Woman Has Been Nominated For Booker Prize

From Fox News

Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo became the first black African woman to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for her tale of a 10-year-old girl who escapes poverty at home only to find new problems in the United States.

Bulawayo was nominated for her novel “We Need New Names”, which follows the girl’s decision to leave a shanty town in Zimbabwe and move to live with an aunt in the United States.

The author, whose real name is Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, is also the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the prestigious prize.

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