Efemia Chela

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Efemia Chela (born 1991) [1] is a Zambian-Ghanaian writer, literary critic, and editor. Her first published story, "Chicken", was shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing. [2] [3] [4] Chela has had short stories and poems published in New Internationalist , [5] Wasafiri , [6] [7] Token [8] and Pen Passages: Africa. [9] In 2016, she co-edited the Short Story Day Africa collection, [10] [11] Migrations. [12] She was also the Andrew W. Mellon Writer-in-Residence at Rhodes University in 2018. She is currently the Francophone and Contributing editor for The Johannesburg Review of Books . [13] [14]

Born in Zambia,Efemia Chela grew up in England, Ghana, Botswana and South Africa. She graduated with a BA degree in French, Politics, and Classical civilizations from Rhodes University in South Africa, [15] and at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France. [16] Chela's short stories have been published in Short.Sharp.Stories,Brittle Paper and most recently in As You Like It,the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award anthology.Efemia contributed an essay to Touch, a collection of essays edited by Tiffany Mugo and Kim Windvogel. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Efemia Chela". Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ The Caine Prize for African Writing 2014. New Internationalist. 14 July 2014. ISBN   9781780261751.
  3. ↑ Guardian staff (23 April 2014). "Caine Prize shortlist showcases 'golden age' for the African short story". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "An Unexpected Prize – by Efemia Chela". Caine Prize. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "World Fiction Special". New Internationalist. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Issue 88". Wasafiri. Winter 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Among the Contributors", Wasafiri, 31:4, 2016, 100–102, DOI: 10.1080/02690055.2016.1221124
  8. ↑ "Token Magazine Issue 2". Token. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport". Pen America. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Karen, Jennings (12 June 2014). Feast, Famine and Potluck: Short Story Day Africa. Modjaji Books. ISBN   9780620588874. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Zadok, Rachel; Mulgrew, Nick (21 March 2016). Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa: An Anthology from Short Story Day Africa. New Internationalist. ISBN   9781780263113. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Books". Short Story Day Africa. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Efemia Chela". Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  14. ↑ Malec, Jennifer (7 April 2017). "The JRB Masthead". The Johannesburg Review of Books. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Efemia Chela". Open Book Festival. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  16. ↑ Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport". PEN America. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Efemia Chela". Open Book Festival. Retrieved 26 February 2025.


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