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Namwali Serpell

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Gender Female
Age 44
Born Lusaka
Zambia
NationalityZambian
ParentsRobert Serpell
GenresShort Story
BooksSeven Modes of Uncertainty
Bottoms Up
You Don't Look Like Your Picture
The Old Drift
Job Writer
Education Harvard University
Yale University
Date of birth January 1,1980
Awards The Caine Prize for African Writing
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
Notabl workThe Old Drift
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Carla Namwali Serpell is an American and Zambian writer who teaches in the United States. In April 2014, she was named on Hay Festival's Africa39 list of 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and talent to define trends in African literature.

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