THE  NOMA AWARD FOR 
PUBLISHING IN AFRICA

Winning titles

Winners, and titles cited for Special Commendation and Honourable Mention are listed below.

2006
In a Ribbon of Rhythm by Lebogang Mashile (Cape Town: Oshun Books & Johannesburg: Mutloatse Arts Heritage Trust, 2005). More…

2004
The Noma Award announce that no title has been selected to win the Award in 2004.
The Jury singled out four titles for Honourable Mention (alphabetical order by publisher). More…

2003
Walter and Albertina Sisulu. In Our Lifetimeby Elinor Sisulu (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 2002). More…

2002
The Arabic Novel: Bibliography and Critical Introduction, 1865-1995 (6 vols.) by Hamdi Sakkut (Cairo: The American University Press, 2001). More...

2001

Winner:
Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival by Abosede Emanuel (Lagos: West African Book Publishers, 2000)

Special Commendation:
From Cane Fields to Freedom. A Chronicle of Indian South African Life by Uma Dhupelia Mesthrie (Roggebaai, SA: Kwela Books, 2000)
Richtersveld. The Enchanted Wilderness by Graham Williamson (Gauteng, SA: Umdaus Press, 2000)

Honourable Mention:
Because Pula Means Rain by Jenny Robson (Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, 2000)

2000

Winner:
Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu by Kimani Njogu & Rocha M. Chimerah, (Nairobi : Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, 1999)

Honourable Mention:
Jamela's Dress, written and illustrated by Niki Daly (Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, 1999)
Bleakness & Light. Inner-City Transition in Hillbrow, Johannesburg by Alan Morris (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1999)

1999 

Winner:
L'interpretation des reves dans la region Senegambienne. Suivi de la clef des songes de 
la Senegambie de l'Egypte pharaonique et de la tradition islamique by Djibril Samb, D. (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1998)

Honorable Mention
Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog (Johannesburg: Random House South Africa, 1998)

1998

Winner
The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View by Peter Adwok Nyaba (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 1997)

Special Commendation:
Combat pour le sens: un itinéraire africain by Paulin Hountondji (Cotonou: Les Editions du Flamboyant, 1997)
Manufacturing African Studies and Crises by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza ( Dakar: CODESRIA, 1997)

Honourable Mention:
Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy: Religious Experience of Chewa Women in Central Malawi by Isabel Phiri (Zomba: Christian Literature Association in Malawi, 1997)

1997 

Winner
Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976 by A. Adu Boahen (Accra: Sankofa Educational Publishers, 1996)

Honorable Mention
Bibliográfico para o Estudante de História de Moçambique by Amelia Nevo de Souto (Maputo: Centre de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 1996)
The Jailer's book by Ken Barris.(Groote Schuur: Kagiso Publishers, 1996)
Propaganda by Monuments and Other Stories by Ivan Vladislavic ( Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1996)
The Road Out by Dan Wylie (Plumstead: Snailpress, 1996)

1996 

Winner
Destins paralleles by Kiria Toure (Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1995)

Special Commendation
Women & Geometry in Southern Africa. Some Suggestions for Further Research by Paulus Gerdes (Maputo: Universidade Pedagogica, 1995)

Honorable Mention
The Law of Interpretation in Ghana by S.Y. Bimpong-Buta (Accra: Advanced Legal Publications, 1995)
Rope of Sand. The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century by J. Laband (Jeppestown, SA: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1995) 
Ways of Dying by Zkes Mda (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1995)
Presence of Earth. New poems by Stephen Watson (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1995)

1995 

Winner
Triomf by Marlene van Niekerk (Pretoria: Queillerie Publishers, 1994)

Special Commendation
State of the Environment in Southern Africa edited by Munyaradzi Chenje & Phyllis Johnson (Harare: Southern African Research & Documentation Centre (SARDC), 1994)

Honorable Mention
Maqabane by Tatamkulu Arika (Bellville, SA: Mayibuye Book, 1994)
Flowering Plant Families of East Africa by J.O. Kokwaro (Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1994)
Lifeline Out of Africa. The Art of Ernest Mancoba by Elza Miles (Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1994)
Nigerian Conveyancing Practice, Drafting and Precedents by P.A.O. Oluyede (Ibadan: Heinemann Education Books, 1994)
Don’t Panic, Mechanic by Jenny Robson (Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, 1994)

1994

Winner
A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume1: The Nineteenth Century (Dakar: CODESRIA, 1993)

Special Commendation
Gender Profile of Tanzania by the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (Dar es Salaam: Tanzaniz Gender Networking Programme, 1993)

Honourable Mention
Die wit vlinder by Corlia Fourie [children’s book in Afrikaans], illustrated by Alida Bothma (Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, 1993)
Assaulting Childhood. Children’s Experiences of Migrancy and Hostel Life in South Africa by Sean Jones (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1993)
Children of the Sun. Selected Writers and Themes in South African Children’s Literature by Elwyn Jenkins (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1993)
Religion, Politics and Power in Northern Nigeria by Matthew Hassan Kukah (Ibadan: Spectrum Books, 1993)
Mamy Wata et le monstre [children’s picture-story book] written and illustrated by Véronique Tadjo (Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1993)

1993

Winner
Third World Express by Mongane Wally Serote (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1992)

Special Commendation
Building Whole Communities by the team of Community Publishing Process. 7 vols. (Harare: Community Publishing Process, 1992)

Honourable Mention
Tramp Royal. The True Story of Trader Horn by Tim Couzens (Johannesburg: Ravan Press & Witwatersrand University Press, 1992)
The Five Magic Pebbles and Other Stories by Don Mattera, illustrated by Eric & Andries Maritz (Johannesburg: Skotaville Publishers, 1992)
Voting for Democracy. A Study of Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe by Jonathan N. Moyo (Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1992)
A Gathering Fear. Poems by Olu Oguibe (Lagos: Kraft Books, 1992)
Faces in the Revolution. The Psychological Effects of Violence on Township Youth in South Africa by Gill Straker (with Fatima Moosa, Risé Becker & Madiyoyo Nkwale (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1992)
I am River Densu by Alexander H.T. Yankah, illustrated by Kwabena Ofori-Panin (Accra: Afram Publications, 1992)

1992

Joint Winners
A comme Algériennes by Souad Khodja (Alger: Enterprise Nationale du Livre, 1991)
One Day, Long Ago. More Stories from a Shona Childhood by Charles Mungoshi, illustrated by Luke Toronga (Harare: Baobab Books, 1991)

Honourable Mention
Striking Back. A History of COSATU by Jeremy Baskin (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1991)
Poems, 1964-1989 by Peter Horn (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1991)
Lwaano Lwanyika – Tonga Book of the Earth by Pamela Reynolds & Colleen Crawford Cousins (Harare: Baobab Books, 1991) [published in English and Tonga]
Casspirs en Campari’s by Etienne van Heerden [in Afrikaans] (Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, 1991)

1991

Winner
Waiting Laughters [poetry] by Niyi Osundare (Lagos: Malthouse Press, 1990)

Special Commendation
Dambudzo Marchera. The Black Insider edited and introduced by Flora Veit-Wild (Harare: Baobab Books, 1990)

Honourable Mention
Rukuvhute [Umbilical Cord, Shona poetry] by Chirikure Chirikure (Harare: College Press, 1989)
Pressure Groups and Foreign Policy by Oladapo Fafowora (Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books, 1990)
To My Children’s Children by Sindiwe Magona (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1990)
Queen of the Tortoises [children’s picture story book] by Gcina Mhlophe, illustrated by Hargreaves Ntukwana (Braamfontein: Skotaville Publishers, 1990)

1990

Winner
Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge by Francis Wilson & Mamphela Ramphele (Cape Town: David Philip, 1989)

Special Commendation
The Dead Will Arise. Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-7 by Jeffrey Peires (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1989)

Honourable Mention
Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya (Harare: Baobab Books, 1989)
Stories from a Shona Childhood (Harare: Baobab Books, 1989)
The Endless Song [poetry] by Tanure Ojaide (Lagos: Malthouse Press, 1989)
Ijinle Itupale Ede Yoruba, v.1: Fonetiiki ati Fonoloji [Yoruba Phonetics and Phonology] by Kola Owolabi (Ibadan: Onibonoje Press & Book Industries, 1989)
Locataire du néant. Poèmes by Amadou Lamine Sall (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1988)

1989

Winner
Bones by Chenjerai Hove (Harare: Baobab Books, 1988)

Special Commendation
A Political History of Munhumutapa – c.1400-1902 by Stanley Mudenge (Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1988)
Just Before Dawn by Kole Omotoso (Ibadan: Spectrum Books, 1988)

Honourable Mention
Gikuyu Oral Literatre by Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira & Karega wa Mutahi (Nairobi: Heinemann Kenya, 1988)
Garden House by Eno Obong (Ibadan: New Horn Press, 1988)
Moonsongs [poetry] by Niyi Osundare (Ibadan: Spectrum Books, 1988)
Amina the Milkmaid by Fatima Pam (Lagos: Longman Nigeria, 1988)
Ntombi’s Song by Jenny Seed (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1988)
The Blookd of our Silence [poetry] by Kelwyn Sole (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1988)

1988

Winner
Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940 by Luli Callinicos (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987)

Honourable Mention
Napolo Poems by Steve Chimombo (Zomba: Manchichi Publishers, 1987)
Le Poids des Etres. Contes et Nouvelles by Ananda Devi (Rose Hill, Mauritius: Les Editions de l’Ocean Indien, 1987)
Reading the African Novel by Simon Gikandi (Nairobi: Heinemann Kenya, 1987)
Bread of Sorrow by Meja Mwangi (Nairobi: Longman Kenya, 1987)
The Political economy of Modern South Africa by Alf Stadler (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1987)

1987

Winner
Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, 1893-1940 by Pierre Kipré (Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1986)

Special Commendation
Principles and Practice of Surgery including Pathology in the Tropics edited by E.A. Badoe, E.Q. Archampong & M.O.A. Jaja (Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1986)

Honourable Mention
African Proletarians and Colonial Capitalism by Henry S. Meebelo (Lusaka: Kenneth Kaunda Foundation, 1986)
Al Lisaniat wa Ususuha Al-ma’rafia by Abdessalem Mseddi (Tunis: Maison Tunisienne de l’Edition, 1986)
Umbuji wa Mnazi by Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany, edited by A.A.A. El-Maawy (Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1985)
Two Dogs and Freedom. Children of the Townships Speak Out by Ravan Press & The Open Schoo (Braamfontein: Ravan Press, 1986)
‘Bukcingham Palace’, District Six by Richard Rive (Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1986)
Sozaboy. A Novel in Rotten English by KenSaro-Wiwa (Port Harcourt: Saros International Publishers, 1985)

1986

Winner
Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago [poetry] by António Jacinto (Luanda: Instituto Nacional do Livro e do Disco (INALD), 1985)

Honourable Mention
Les Deux Grands Sièges de Tlemcen by Sid-Ahmed Bouali (Algiers: Enterprise Nationale du Livre, 1985)
Red Hills of Home by Chenjerai Hove (Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1985)
Village Voices: Poems by Niyi Osundare (Ibadan: Evans Brothers Nigeria, 1985)
Fragments in the Sun. Poems and Performance Text by Essop Patel (Johannesburg: Afrika Cultural Centre, 1985)
The Iullustrated Life of Makhanda by Ranko Pudi (Braamfontein: Skotaville Publishers, 1985)
Country Dawns and City Lights by Musaemura Zimunya (Harare: Longman Zimbabwe, 1985)

1985

Winner
La Trahison de Marianne by Bernard Nanga (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1984)

Honourable Mention
The Man Who Died. Poems 1974-1979 by Kobena Eyi Acquah (Accra: Asempa Publishers, 1984)
Chipo and the Bird on the Hill. A Tale of Ancient Zimbabwe by Meshack Asare (Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1984)
O Earth, Wait for Me by Frank Chipasula (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1984)
The Theory and Practice of Black Resistance to Apartheid: A Social-Ethical Analysis by Mokgethi Motlhabi (Johannesburg: Skotaville Publishers, 1984)
Umhlaba Umangele by Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo (Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1984)

1984

Joint Winners
Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by Gakaara wa Wanjau (Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa), 1983)
Fools and other stories by Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983)

Honourable Mention
Ofo Rere by David A.A. Adeniji (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1982)
Roman Africain et Tradition by Mohamadou Kane (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1982)
Kaana Kgy’a by David Maillu (Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa), 1983)
Kunyarara Hakusi Kutaura? by Charles Mungoshi (Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1983)

1983

Winner
Criminal Procedure in Ghana by Austin N.E. Amissah (Accra: Sedco Publishing Ltd, 1982)

Special Commendation
Up in Arms by Chenjerai Hove (Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1982)
Les Routiers de Chimères by Ibrahima Sall (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1982)

Honourable Mention
Irèmòjé-Eré Isípà Ode by Bádé Ajùwòn (Ibadan: University Press, 1981)
Njamba Nene Na Mbaathi ĩ Mathagu by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books, 1982)
Kingfisher, Jikinya, and other poems by Musaemura Zimunya (Harare: Longman Zimbabwe, 1982)

1982

Winner
The Brassman’s Secret by Meshack Asare (Kumasi: Educational Press and Manufacturers, 1981)

Special Commendation 
Bwana Myombekere na Bibi Buonoka by Aniceti Kitereza (Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House, 1981)

Honourable Mention
Waiting for Leila by Achmat Dangor (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1981)
Community Education and Development by Abel G.M. Ishumi
Children of Paradise: a dance play by Demas Nwoko (Ibadan: New Culture Studios, 1981)
Tijola a Tijolo by Carols Pimentel (Luanda: Instituto Nacional do Livro e do Disco (INALD), 1981)
Les Lébous Parlent d’Eux-même by El Hadji Malik Sarr (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1981)

1981

Winner
Health Education for the Community by Felix C. Adi (Enugu: Nwamife Publishers, 1980)

Special Commendation
Caitaani Mutharaba-Inĩ by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa), 1980)

Honourable Mention
Jours Couleur de Soleil by Djamal Amrani (Alger: Societé Nationale d’Edition et de Diffusion, 1980)
Inongova Njakenjake by Charles Mungoshi (Harare: The Literature Bureau, in association with Longman Publishers, 1980)
The Floods: a play by John Ruganda (Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa), 1980)
L’Idée d’une Philosophie Négroafricaine by Marcien Towa (Yaoundé: Editions CLE, 1979)
A Study of Kalenjin Linguistics by Taaitta Toweet (Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979)

1980

Winner
Une Si Longue Lettre by Mariama Bâ (Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1979)

Special Commendation
The Ozidi Saga by John Pepper Clark (Ibadan: Ibadan University Press/Oxford University Press Niteria, 1997)

Honourable Mention
Ife Music Editions by Akin Euba (Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press, 1978)
The Ewes of West Africa. Volume 1: Oral Traditions by Charles M.K. Mamattah (Keta, Ghana: Research Publications, 1978)
The Walking Calabash by Mercy Owusu-Nimoh (Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1997)
Vielles Chansons des Pays d/Imerina by Jean Joseph Ravéarivelo & Lucien Xavier M. Andrianarajinjaka (Antananarivo: Editions Madprint, 1979)
Hantsi Leka Gida Kowa by Bashari Farouk Roukbah (Bompai-Kano: Albah Publishers, 1979)
Water Supply Ethiopia: an introduction to environmental health practice (Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press, 1977)

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