Efemia Chela

Efemia Chela (born 1991)[1] is a Zambian-Ghanaian writer, literary critic, and editor. "Chicken",[2] her first published story, was shortlisted[3] for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing.[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, 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]

References
  1. "Efemia Chela". Pontas Agency. 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. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. "An Unexpected Prize – by Efemia Chela". Caine Prize. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "World Fiction Special". New Internationalist. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. "Issue 88". Wasafiri. Winter 2016. 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. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport". Pen America. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  10. Karen, Jennings (12 June 2014). Feast, Famine and Potluck: Short Story Day Africa. Modjaji Books. ISBN 9780620588874.
  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.
  12. "Books". Short Story Day Africa. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  13. "Efemia Chela". Pontas Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  14. Malec, Jennifer (7 April 2017). "The JRB Masthead". The Johannesburg Review of Books. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  15. "Efemia Chela". Open Book Festival. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  16. Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport". PEN America. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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