About Lily Mabura
Born 1975. Lily Mabura is a Kenyan writer.
Lily G. N. Mabura is a Kenyan writer known for her short story How Shall We Kill the Bishop, which was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2010.
Career and education Mabura earned a PhD in Engĺish from the University of Missouri, a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Idaho and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nairobi. Her 2004 thesis was titled On the Slopes of Mt. Kenya. She is an author and academic, having taught at the University of Missouri and at the American University of Sharjah.
Honours and awards Mabura has received a number of awards including: Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Children's Winner 2001 for her book, Ali, the Little Sultan Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award for The Pretoria Conspiracy in 2001 University of Rochester's Frederick Douglass Fellowship in 2008-2009
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Who is Lily Mabura?
Kenyan writer
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Lily Mabura was born in 1975.
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Lily Mabura is a writer.
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