The Ibua Journal team is delighted to announce the Shortlist for the inaugural edition of the Pack Light Series run under the theme, Memoirs of growing up in Africa.
Congratulations to the following writers (listed in order starting with the winning story);
Category: Short Story (Non-Fiction and Fiction)
- A flicker by Jackson D. O. Oyugi (Kampala, Uganda)
- Kipchumba’s book by Joyce A. Onyango (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Wild Wild South by Stephen Adinoyi (Nigeria)
- Oyinbo by Famous Chukwuemeka (Owerri, Nigeria)
- Other side of the coin by Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim (Ilorin, Nigeria)
- Eating butter by Gimbiya Galadima (Benin City, Nigeria)
- How far we go by Wadzanai Tadhuvana (Norton, Zimbabwe)
- Killing the Christmas Turkey by Rugara Eric (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Of little girls who want to grow up to be men by Phodiso Modirwa (Gabarone, Botswana)
- Almighty Gods by Mirette Bahgat (Cairo, Egypt)
- Muhindi Mueusi by Gloriah Amondi (Nairobi, Kenya)
*Muhindi Mueusi and Almighty Gods were tied in the tenth position. We apologise for the oversight in our previous communications.
Category: Poetry
- Divine Slavery by Stephen Adinoyi
- Anomaly by Adrian A. Sarpong
- Hell by Adrian A. Sarpong
- Shattered dreams by Agatha Maluda
- Remember by Ritah M. Kibuuka
The Short Listed stories and poems will receive a cash award.
You can read all Longlisted stories in the Stories section on this website over the next 3 months.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2020 Pack Light Series: Memoirs of Growing up in Africa.