Coconut (novel)
''Coconut'' is a 2007 novel by Kopano Matlwa. It tells the story of a young, black girl, and her life in Johannesburg's white suburbs. The book won the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially

Kopano Matlwa
Kopano Matlwa (born 1985) is a South African writer and doctor, known for her novel ''Spilt Milk'', which focuses on the South Africa's "Born Free" generation, and ''Coconut'', her debut novel, which addresses issues of race, class, and colonization in modern Johannesburg. ''Coconut'' was awarded the European Union Literary Award in 2006/2007 and also won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa in 2010. ''Spilt Milk'' was on the longlist for the 2011 ''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize. Early life Kopano Matlwa Mabaso (née Matlwa) was born in a township outside of Pretoria, South Africa. She began writing in 2004 when HIV was devastating South Africa, later saying, "Writing was debriefing for myself, trying to make sense of all the crazy things I would see." Education Mabaso got her medical degree from the University of Cape Town and then went on to complete her Masters in Global Health Science and Doctorate (PhD) in Population Health from Oxford University, where she wa ...
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold de ...
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Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award – formerly the European Union Literary Award – is a South African literary award, open to South African and SADC writers who are residents of these countries. The manuscripts that are submitted must be a first, unpublished work of fiction in English, or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages. The word "dinaane" means "telling our stories together" in Setswana, says Jacana. In 2015, the European Union Literary Award was renamed the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award. It is supported by various European Union embassies and commissions operating in South Africa. The winner is awarded a cash prize of R35 000.00 along with publication of their manuscript witJacana Media In honour of Gerald Kraak, who helped run Jacana Media until his death in 2014, the Kraak Writing Grant is also awarded. The grant is awarded to an entrant whose manuscript showed great promise and who would mos ...
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Wole Soyinka Prize For Literature In Africa
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded bienniallyWole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
official website. to the best literary work produced by an African. It was established by the Lumina Foundation in 2005 in honour of Africa's first , , who presents the prize, which is chosen by an international jury of literary figures. Administered by the Lumina Foundation, the prize has been described as "the Af ...
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21st-century South African Novels
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ...
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