In 2014, the Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club Project announced a selection of 39 African writers under the age of 40 who had the potential and the talent to define the trends that would mark the future development of literature on the continent. This was the third such gathering and it consisted of exciting voices selected from 200 submissions researched by the late Binyavanga Wainaina.
How well have the authors fared? Hear from Congolese author, Richard Ali A Mutu, Ivorian writer and translator, Edwige-Renee Dro, South African author and public sociologist Shafinaaz Hassim and Kenyan writer, Stanley Gazemba reflect on ways in which the spotlight impacted their writing careers.
Featured writers: Edwige-Renee Dro, Richard Ali A Mutu, Shafinaaz Hassim, Stanley Gazemba.
Moderator: Cristina Fuentes La Roche
