Yepoka Yeebo
@yepoka
Author of Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington and Swindled the World linktr.ee/yepoka
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http://www.yepokayeebo.com 06-03-2011 18:51:40
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So thrilled for Yepoka Yeebo who has just been announced as the winner of this yearās Jhalak Prize for her brilliant book, Anansiās Gold.
Congratulations to our winners: Yepoka Yeebo for Jhalak Prize and Hiba Noor Khan for Jhalak C&YA Prize. And thank you to our Jhalak Artists in Residence for 2024 Sam of the Nord and @yousefsaif_1 for creating these incredible works for art for our winners. #jhalakprize24
š We are thrilled that Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak Prize! š #jhalakprize24 #jhalakprize
Nice piece by Ella Creamer in The Guardian about the Jhalak Prize and its two winners, including the wonderful Anansi's Gold by Yepoka Yeebo theguardian.com/books/article/ā¦
This extraordinary work titled Refaat's Angel has been created for the Jhalak Prize 2024 winner by Sam of the Nord. Cast in bronze, it honours poet and scholar Refaat in Gaza šµšø. It was presented to Yepoka Yeebo at the #JhalakPrize24 awards yesterday. #jhalakartresidency
A lovely statement by #jhalakprize24 winner Yepoka Yeebo at Writing Africa. With hat tips to judges Anni Domingo Stella Oni & Dr Denise Saul; fellow shortlistees Jacqueline Crooks Noreen Masud Jason Allen-Paisant, Ami Rao & Elizabeth-Jane Burnett; & to Jhalak Artist in Residence Sam of the Nord
Canāt wait! Weāll be there with our 2024 Jhalak Prize winner Yepoka Yeebo
And if you want to hear from the author herself about Anansi's Gold, you can join Yepoka Yeebo and Sunny Singh at Henley Literary Festival on 28 September. henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/jhalak-ā¦
šŖ Anansi's Gold - Yepoka Yeebo Follow the ever-wilder trail of Blay-Miezah, a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Revealing the untold story of the grifter who beat the West at its own thieving game during the Cold War. Read more - bloomsbury.com/uk/anansis-golā¦
So pleased for Yepoka Yeebo success in winning the Jhalak Prize against so much incredibly strong competition - but then not many other books offer you a clash between Shirley Temple & a multi-millionaire Ghanaian conman! 'Perfect for fans of Catch Me If You Can' said Publishers Weekly
Great to see the nice displays of Yepoka Yeebo wonderful Jhalak Prize winning Anansiās Gold in Waterstones Piccadilly, London and Hatchards today. If you like charismatic anti-heroes, this book has just the one!
Winner of this yearās Jhalak Prize as well as a New Yorker & Washington Post Book of the Year, Yepoka Yeebo joins Sunny Singh at the Festival next month to discuss the extraordinary true story of Anansiās Gold: The Man Who Swindled The World henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/jhalak-ā¦
Our 2024 winner Yepoka Yeebo will be in conversation about her extraordinary book #AnansisGold with the LEGEND āDrā DOROTHY KOOMSON | Bestselling Author at Hay Festival #bookclub on 26th September. It's online, free and UNMISSABLE. Book: hayfestival.com/p-22486-hay-feā¦
One week today itās Day One of Henley Literary Festival 2025! And a great opening line-up including Gyles Brandreth Sue Hendra Yepoka Yeebo Elif Shafak Danny Wallace Shalina Patel Lynda La Plante Cara Hunter & many more! henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/henley-literarā¦
Saturday Night River Read is Yepoka Yeebo compelling and brilliantly told Jhalak Prize winning Anansiās Goldā¦canāt wait to hear her in conversation with Sunny Singh at Henley Literary Festival next weekend
I donāt trust Ghana Police Service with anyone, especially women. The way they treat us daily and their history of mistreating women in custody make them unreliable. We need to put pressure on them to disclose the whereabouts of Felicity Nelson and all those in their custody.