Guy Amartefio, Head of Ghana Library Authority (Right) for winning the 2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature for his book Finding Colombia. Kombani was announced the winner at the Burt Award Ceremony held last week at the Ghana International Book Fair in Accra. [Photo: Courtesy]Oxford University Press East Africa author, Kinyanjui Kombani, has won the 2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature for his book Finding Colombia. Kombani ‘the banker who writes’ was announced the winner at the Burt Award Ceremony held last week at the Ghana International Book Fair in Accra. Text the word 'NEWS' to 22840The CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature is a literary prize and readership initiative that recognizes excellence in locally authored literature for young adults aged 12 to18.

Source: Standard Digital September 04, 2018 17:26 UTC