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2002 judges

Leila Aboulela
Writer and winner of the first Caine Prize for African Literature, 2000
Meshack Asare
Children’s writer/illustrator and previous winner of the Noma Award for Children’s Literature and the 1999 UNESCO Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
Mary Bugembe
Coordinator of the Pan-African Children’s Book Fair and the first Children’s World Festival of Reading and Creativity 2000, Kisumu, Kenya
Moses Isegawa
Former history teacher and author of Abyssinian Chronicles, published by Picador.
Beverley Naidoo
Award-winning author of children’s stories Journey to Jo’burg and Chain of Fire, and teacher of creative writing.
Nana Wilson-Tagoe
Specialist in African and Caribbean Literatures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK.