Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is an author, screenwriter, and former head of the Zanzibar International Film Festival. In 2003, the Kenyan won the Caine Prize for African Writing, and her 2013 debut novel, Dust, won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. In 2015, Owuor visited the House of Literature, a visit that resulted in the Norwegian publication of Dust. The critically acclaimed The Dragonfly Sea followed in 2019. These authors are on Yvonnes reading list:

• Makena Onjerica
• Oduor Okwiri
• Dennis Mugaa
• Idza Luhumyo
• Troy Onyango
• Remy Ngamije
• Gloria Mwanige
• Kwame Nyongo
• Aleya Kassam

In this podcastseries the House of Literature in Oslo, Norway invites writers and thinkers to talk about their work, what they read and present their readinglist from the African continent and diaspora. 

Interviewer in this episode Nosizwe Lise Baqwa

Editing and production by the House of Literature

Music by Ibou Cissokho 

The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD.

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