Germiston author gets big recognition at Emerge Africa Awards 2024
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Germiston’s very own Lincoln Maoka was crowned best author at the Emerge Africa Awards 2024 held on April 6.
This accolade follows after his recognition last year, by the AfriCan Honoree Authors Awards, for his contributions to literature and storytelling.
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The winners were announce and the stories are available to read. We loved the story by the winner of the junior competition, Morena Maoka. His story is about schooling moving from traditional textbooks to working from tablets and how the main character worked to fight this change.
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Morena Lincoln Maoka is from Katlehong, but he is currently living in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. He is studying a Bachelor of Arts at Wits University. He says his Grade 8 Afrikaans teacher was always complimenting him about how good and clear his essays were and she often read them out to the class.
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And, Morena Maoka was delighted too. He noted: “Having entered so many creative writing competitions and this being my first reward out of all of them, it really does mean a lot to have been selected as the runner- up. It means that I was a step away from taking the grand prize. It is a confidence booster for myself as an individual. It shows that I too have potential. Writing is a hobby which I enjoy a lot and after this I sure am going to write more often.”