Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Mubanga Kalimamukwento (born 1988)^[1] is a Zambian writer, known for her novel ^[2]The Mourning Bird,^[3] which focuses on Zambia's AIDS crisis, and Obligations to the Wounded, her thematically linked collection of short stories centring the lives of Zambian women and girls.^[4] The Mourning Bird was awarded the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award in 2018/2019.^[5] In 2024, she became the first African writer^[6] to win the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature.^[7]

References

1. "Mubanga Kalimamukwento". Pontas Agency. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
2. theafricainstitute (2023-07-03). "The Africa Institute Announces Recipients for the 2023 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship". theafricainstitute. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
3. Kalimamukwento, Mubanga (2019). The Mourning Bird. Jacana. ISBN 978-1-4314-2902-8.
4. Thomas, Kelly (2024-01-30). "Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winner Explores Zambian Womanhood". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
5. "[Sponsored] Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Best Fiction at the 2020 CDI Zambia Tell Your Own Story National Book Awards". The Johannesburg Review of Books. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
6. Chiemeke, Jerry (2024-03-02). "Out Of Africa: Zambian Author Mubanga Kalimamukwento Wins 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize | The British Blacklist". Retrieved 2024-03-04.
7. "Mubanga Kalimamukwento won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Angie Cruz". University of Pittsburgh. 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-03-04.