{"id":3425,"date":"2014-05-29T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2015-08-11T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:05:00","slug":"22-african-women-writers-selected-by-the-african-womens-development-fund-to-participate-in-a-creative-non-fiction-writers-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/22-african-women-writers-selected-by-the-african-womens-development-fund-to-participate-in-a-creative-non-fiction-writers-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"22 African Women Writers selected by the African Women’s Development Fund to Participate in a Creative Non Fiction Writers Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"The African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF) is pleased to announce that after a competitive application process, 22 African women writers have been selected to take part in its first creative non-fiction writer\u2019s workshop. This is the first of a series of workshops intended to give African women writers the space, time and enhanced skills to write in compelling ways about a range of social, economic and political issues of concern.This event is being organized in collaboration with the Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE) from 21st-31st July in Kampala, Uganda. The lead facilitators for this workshop are award winning writers Mamle Kabu and Yewande Omotoso.<\/span><\/p>\n

The successful applicants are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Abena Kyere \u2013 Ghana
\nAdegbeye Olutimehin \u2013 Nigeria
\nAlexis Teyie \u2013 Kenya
\nAmina Doherty – Nigeria
\nBeatrice Lamwaka \u2013 Uganda
\nChinelo Sylvia Onwualu \u2013 Nigeria
\nComfort Mussa \u2013 Cameroon
\nDeborah Frempong \u2013 Ghana
\nEunice Kilonzo \u2013 Kenya
\nFafa Yvonne Quashigah \u2013 Ghana
\nFlorence Khaxas \u2013 Namibia
\nFungai Rufaro Machirori \u2013 Zimbabwe
\nHannah Wanja Maina \u2013 Kenya
\nJennifer Thorpe \u2013 South Africa
\nKagure Mugo \u2013 South Africa\/Kenya
\nKechi Nomu \u2013 Nigeria
\nMoiyattu Banya \u2013 Sierra Leone
\nNjoki Wamai \u2013 Kenya
\nRita Nketiah \u2013 Ghana
\nRitah Atwongyeire – Uganda
\nTendai Garwe \u2013 Zimbabwe
\nVal\u00e9rie Dginia Bah – Benin\/Haiti<\/span><\/p>\n

AWDF\u2019s creative non-fiction workshop aims to support African women writers who seek to use the power of the written word to highlight issues around women\u2019s rights and social justice. Theo Sowa, AWDF\u2019s CEO states, \u201cWe know that as African women, we are in the best position to tell the world our multiple, diverse stories and yet those stories continue to be told predominantly by others. So we are delighted to have such a diverse and talented group of African women writers taking part in our very first writers\u2019 workshop and intend to facilitate relationships between these writers and media outlets all over the world in order to amplify the voices of African women.\u201d
\nThis workshop has been made possible through the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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\nAbout the African Women’s Development Fund
\nOver the past ten years, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has blazed a trail for women\u2019s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. AWDF is an African, not for profit, grantmaking organisation. Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$24 million in grants to more than 1000 women\u2019s organisations in 42 African countries. AWDF\u2019s grant making processes are uniquely designed to meet the needs of African women and activities include the provision of small and larger grants to African women\u2019s organisations, capacity building support and a strong focus on advocacy and movement building.<\/span><\/p>\n

AWDF contact:
\nNana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Communications Specialist)
\nTel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)
\nEmail: nana@africlub.net\/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net\/awdf<\/span>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[65,1011,213],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","tag-awdf","tag-workshops","tag-writers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n22 African Women Writers selected by the African Women's Development Fund to Participate in a Creative Non Fiction Writers Workshop - The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/22-african-women-writers-selected-by-the-african-womens-development-fund-to-participate-in-a-creative-non-fiction-writers-workshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"22 African Women Writers selected by the African Women's Development Fund to Participate in a Creative Non Fiction Writers Workshop - 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