Writivism 2019 Short Story winner – UCT student Resoketswe Manenzhe

Writivism (15 – 18 August), Uganda’s leading literary festival who celebrates African literature also has the Writivism Short Story Prize. This year a UCT student, Resoketswe Manenzhe, won this prestigious prize with her short story Maserumo. Resoketswe, who is a PhD student in Engineering, started publishing short stories and poems in 2015. Two of her poems were shortlisted for the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology. They were subsequently published in this Anthology of selected poems.

See all the winners here.