The Principal Award went to the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. Nine additional Prince Claus Awards were presented. The 1997 Prince Claus Awards speeches were delivered by Kwasi Wiredu (USA/Ghana) and by Yvonne Vera from Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair in Harare has become an important meeting place for publishers, writers, poets and translators. read more
CODESDRIA stimulates independent, non-governmental scientific research in Africa. read more
Index on Censorship is an organisation that stands up for people who are persecuted because of their ideas and literary activity, particularly in the ‘South’. read more
Artist, performer and freedom fighter Malangatana Valente Ngwenya has greatly influenced the arts in his country and continent. read more
Musicologist and composer J.H. Kwabane Nketia is the Founding Director of the International Center for African Music and Dance at the University of Ghana. read more
Choreographer, dancer and film-maker Sardono W. Kusumo combines traditional and indigenous dance with modern dance techniques and improvisation forms. read more
Architect Bruno Stagno has combined concepts of tropical architecture with those of international contemporary architecture. read more
Originally an artist, Jim Supangkat became an art critic and curator. read more
Historian Abdeljelil Temimi focused on the history of Ottoman culture in the Arab world. read more
Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba has contributed to the development of African philosophy and sparked off the philosophical debate on social themes in Africa. read more
