Idza Luhumyo

Idza Luhumyo (born 1993) is a Kenyan short story writer, whose work explores Kenyan coastal identities. In July 2020 Luhumyo was announced as the inugural recipient of the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award.[1]

Life

Idza Luhumyo was born in Mombasa, and holds a law degree from Nairobi University. She lives between Kilifi and Nairobi, and works as a screenwriter and copywriter.[2] In autumn 2020 she will start postgraduate studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.[3]

Luhumyo's work has been published by Popula, Jalada Africa, The Writivism Anthology, Baphash Literary & Arts Quarterly, MaThoko's Books, Gordon Square Review, Amsterdam's ZAM Magazine, Short Story Day Africa, and the New Internationalist. Her work has been shortlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize, the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship, and the Gerald Kraak Award.[4]

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References
  1. Idza Luhumyo Wins Inaugural Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award, Brittle Paper, 3 August 2020. Accessed 6 August 2020.
  2. "First recipient of The Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa announced", African Writers Trust, 22 July 2020. Accessed 6 August 2020.
  3. Duno Kogbara, "New daughters of Africa", Vanguard, 24 July 2020. Accessed 6 August 2020.
  4. Idza Luhumyo, "How I fell in, out, and back in love with the leso", African Arguments, 14 October 2019.
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