THE first Bank Windhoek Doek Literary awards were hosted last week to recognise Namibian writers, poets and visual artists, who produce resonant fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual arts.
Published in Doek! Literary Magazine, these artists add their unique voices to the country’s emerging literary community.
Bank Windhoek corporate communication practitioner Samuel Linyondi, in a statement, said Ndawedwa Hanghuwo, Natasha Uys, Pauline Ndhlovu and Namafu Amutse scooped the awards.
Hanghuwo, a Namibian writer studying at the Namibia University of Science and Technology towards a degree in English literature, won the fiction category for his short story ‘Silhouette’.
Journalist and editor Uys was crowned as the winner in the non-fiction category over her story ‘Ouma Sofie’s gold’.
Zimbabwean-born Namibian curator and writer Ndhlovu, whose work explores the themes of land,…