Zambian-Ghanaian writer, literary critic and editor (born 1991)
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
^ "Efemia Chela" . Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ The Caine Prize for African Writing 2014 . New Internationalist. 14 July 2014. ISBN 9781780261751 .
^ 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 .
^ "An Unexpected Prize – by Efemia Chela" . Caine Prize . 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ "World Fiction Special" . New Internationalist . 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ "Issue 88" . Wasafiri . Winter 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ "Among the Contributors", Wasafiri , 31:4, 2016, 100–102, DOI: 10.1080/02690055.2016.1221124
^ "Token Magazine Issue 2" . Token . Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport" . Pen America . Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Books" . Short Story Day Africa . Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ "Efemia Chela" . Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ "Efemia Chela" . Open Book Festival . Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ Chela, Efemia (3 April 2015). "Petty Blood Sport" . PEN America . Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 .