Celebrity author Mashile to be crowned today

The crowning ceremony will be held at Phakalane Estate where the poet, who also starred in the blockbuster, Hotel Rwanda will also win herself P60, 000 cash or US$10, 000. The award is sponsored by Japanese Company, Kodansha Ltd.

The South African poet, who also founded Feela Sistah Spoken Word Collective along with Napo Masheane in 2004, is the winner of the 2006 NOMA award. The award ceremony now hosted by the University of Botswana (UB) was established in 1979 by a British charity to recognise excelling African authors who also publish in the continent.  The honour is given for academic, children's book, or literature and creative writing and Mashile becomes the first poet to clinch it.