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Mubanga Kalimamukwento (born 1988)[1] is a Zambian writer, known for her novel [2]The Mourning Bird,[3] which focuses on Zambia's AIDS crisis, and Obligations to the Wounded, her thematically linked collection of short stories centring the lives of Zambian women and girls.[4] The Mourning Bird was awarded the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award in 2018/2019.[5] In 2024, she became the first African writer[6] to win the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature.[7] In 2025, Obilgations to the Wounded won a Minnesota Book Award in the Novel & Short Story category[8] and was longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, an award focused on women writers.[9]

Obligations to the Wounded was also listed among The 75 best books of 2024[10] by The Boston Globe, 100 Notable African Books of 2024 by Brittle Paper, a Notable Book From Africa in 2024 by Afrocritik.[11]

In 2025, Mubanga published her debut hybrid collection of poems and essays, Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies,[12] a finalist for the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP) Book Prize 2023.[13]

Early life and education

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Mubanga was born in Lusaka, Zambia. She earned her bachelor's degree in Law from Cavendish University Zambia,[14] a master's degree in Law from the University of Minnesota,[15] and a master's degree in Fine Arts from Hamline University.[16] She is currently a PhD student in the department of Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies at the University of Minnesota.[17]

Bibliography

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Chapbooks

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Novels

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  • (2019)The Mourning Bird [20]
  • (2026) Shipikisha [21]

Collections

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  • Obligations to the Wounded [22]
  • Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies [23]

References

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  1. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento". Pontas Agency. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ theafricainstitute (2023-07-03). "The Africa Institute Announces Recipients for the 2023 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship". theafricainstitute. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. ^ Kalimamukwento, Mubanga (2019). The Mourning Bird. Jacana. ISBN 978-1-4314-2902-8.
  4. ^ Thomas, Kelly (2024-01-30). "Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winner Explores Zambian Womanhood". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  5. ^ "[Sponsored] Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Best Fiction at the 2020 CDI Zambia Tell Your Own Story National Book Awards". The Johannesburg Review of Books. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  6. ^ Chiemeke, Jerry (2024-03-02). "Out Of Africa: Zambian Author Mubanga Kalimamukwento Wins 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize". The British Blacklist. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  7. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Angie Cruz". University of Pittsburgh. 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  8. ^ "Minnesota Book Awards Winners & Finalists - The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library". 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  9. ^ "2025 Longlist". Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  10. ^ Flax, Shoshana; Flynn, Kitty; Gershowitz, Elissa; LeBlanc, Lauren; Mhute, Wadzanai; Vognar, Chris; Tuttle, Kate (2024-12-13). "The 75 best books of 2024". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  11. ^ Afrocritik’s Editorial Board (2024-12-31). "Afrocritik's Notable Books From Africa in 2024". Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  12. ^ "Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies by Mubanga Kalimamukwento". www.wayfarerbookstore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  13. ^ "Request Rejected". www.caapp.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  14. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento". College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  15. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento, LL.M. '20: Human Rights Advocate, Published Author". law.umn.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  16. ^ "Kalimamukwento Wins Minnesota Book Award". www.hamline.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  17. ^ "Mubanga Kalimamukwento". College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  18. ^ "mubangakalimamukwento.com - chapbooks". www.mubangakalimamukwento.com. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  19. ^ Wozniak, Jim (2022-11-15). "Award-winning author from Zambia, recently honored by The Tusculum Review, to perform a reading on campus". Tusculum University News. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  20. ^ "The Mourning Bird". Jacana. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  21. ^ "announcing the winner of the 2024 dzanc prize for fiction". Dzanc Books. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  22. ^ "Obligations to the Wounded". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  23. ^ "Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies by Mubanga Kalimamukwento". www.wayfarerbookstore.com. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
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