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By: M.M. Mulokozi
May 21, 2010

The following are excerpts from the preface of the first winning title of the Burt Award for African Literature, Treeland: the Land of Laughter by Mkama Mwijarubi. The preface was written by Professor Mulokozi, Institute of Kiswahili Studies, University of Dar es Salaam and it provides a strong rationale for the [...]

On July 11th, 2008, at the Canadian High Commission in Tanzania, representatives from the education and cultural sectors, the news media, as well as publishers, editors and authors, joined CODE’s partner organization, the Children’s Book Project, and officials at the Canadian High Commission to celebrate the announcement of a new African Literature Award. 
This award, coined [...]