"Ask A Caine Prize Judge" Ebissé Wakjira Rouw

Ever wondered what goes on in the judging panels of literary prizes? We speak to Ebissé Wakjira Rouw, an Ethiopian-Dutch literary editor, publisher, co-founder of Dipsaus – a multi-media organisation that specialises in amplifying the voices and lived experiences of Black and People of Colour in the Netherlands. Ebissé was also a judge for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. In the first of our two-part conversation, we use the music of Destiny’s Child, Luniz & Jodeci to discuss the position that literary prizes occupy within the African landscape, and the process of judging the 2020 Caine Prize for Africa Writing. Ebissé also answers listeners questions submitted via our social media handles. Tune in next week for Part Two of our conversation when we discuss in detail, Black Lives Matter & publishing while Black in the Netherlands and Europe. Keep up to date with Ebissé by visiting dipsaus.org . Follow DipsausPodcast on Twitter: Twitter.com/DipsausPodcast and Instagram:

You can listen to "Ask A Caine Prize Judge" Ebissé Wakjira Rouw online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

"Ask A Caine Prize Judge" Ebissé Wakjira Rouw is an episode from Books & Rhymes: The Podcast by Sarah Ozo-Irabor.

This episode is 48:46 long.

This episode was published on Aug 3, 2020.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Books & Rhymes: The Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.