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Winner of the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. In this coming-of-age novel, acclaimed author Ellen Banda-Aaku offers a profound exploration into the effects of stigma, class, and family dynamics in 1970s Zambia. 'Everyone calls me Pumpkin. Firstly, because I was a fat, chubby-cheeked baby. And, secondly, because when Ma was pregnant with me, no matter how much pumpkin she ate, she just couldn't get enough...' Pumpkin is a nine-year-ol...

Ellen Banda-Aaku's first book, Wandi's Little Voice, won the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa in 2004. The story is set in a Lusaka suburb. It is about a young girl transitioning into adolescence.

Lusaka 1978: Die unehelich geborene Pumpkin ist bereits als 9-jähriges Mädchen gezwungen, ein Netz aus Lügen zu erfinden, um die Fassade einer intakten Familie aufrechtzuerhalten. Ihr Vater, ein reicher Geschäftsmann, lebt an einem anderen Ort mit einer anderen Familie. Ihre Mutter, nach außen hin eine der elegantesten Frauen des Viertels, ist Alkoholikerin. Ihre Großmutter, Besitzerin einer Bar, hasst den Vater zumindest augenscheinlich so se...

One of the greatest challenges faced by African women writers is finding the time and the space to write. In November 2011 the third FEMRITE African Women Writers Residency alleviated this challenge for 15 women writers from 11 different countries across the continent. The writers from Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, and Botswana gathered in Kampala, Uganda for two weeks. This antholog...

Imagine you are held aloft by a group of wonderful women from Uganda, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa and Niger. Then with skill and grace you are carried across Africa to meet engaging characters that they know well. Reading The Pot and other stories is both a delightful literary experience as well as a journey deep into intimate spaces on the Continent. Although the stories are individualistic and they tackle a variety of themes, there is seam...

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