SOAS University of London 2022 Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award for African Women

The release of the writer and broadcaster Margaret Busby’s landmark new anthology, New Daughters of Africa, published by Myriad, will be celebrated by offering an award worth £20,000 for black, female students ordinarily resident in Africa to study at SOAS University of London. New Daughters of Africa showcases the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent from across the globe and includes contributions from the internationally acclaimed authors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. First published 25 years ago, Margaret Busby’s groundbreaking anthology Daughters of Africa illuminated the ‘silent, forgotten, underrated voices of black women’ (The Washington Post). Published to international acclaim, it was hailed as ‘an extraordinary body of achievement… a vital document of lost history’ (The Sunday Times). The Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award will make possible a course of study free of the worry of fees. Margaret Busby, alongside the publisher, will be donating a proportion of her royalties from the anthology to the fund. Field(s) of Study: Full-time MA African Studies Full-time MA Comparative Literature  Full-time MA Translation (in African Languages) This award is for a student with a particular interest in African Literature with the aim to support a new generation of African female writers Part-time programmes are not eligible New applicants only (new admissions, starting in September 2021)

SOAS University of London 2022 Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award for African Women
The release of the writer and broadcaster Margaret Busby’s landmark new anthology, New Daughters of Africa, published by Myriad, will be celebrated by offering an award worth £20,000 for black, female students ordinarily resident in Africa to study at SOAS University of London. New Daughters of Africa showcases the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent from across the globe and includes contributions from the internationally acclaimed authors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. First published 25 years ago, Margaret Busby’s groundbreaking anthology Daughters of Africa illuminated the ‘silent, forgotten, underrated voices of black women’ (The Washington Post). Published to international acclaim, it was hailed as ‘an extraordinary body of achievement… a vital document of lost history’ (The Sunday Times). The Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award will make possible a course of study free of the worry of fees. Margaret Busby, alongside the publisher, will be donating a proportion of her royalties from the anthology to the fund. Field(s) of Study: Full-time MA African Studies Full-time MA Comparative Literature  Full-time MA Translation (in African Languages) This award is for a student with a particular interest in African Literature with the aim to support a new generation of African female writers Part-time programmes are not eligible New applicants only (new admissions, starting in September 2021)