Judges

The Regional Chairs for the 2009 Prize.



Africa

Ms. Elinor Sisulu is an award-winning writer and editor. She currently serves as the Deputy Chairperson of (OSISA), The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. 

Ms. ELINOR SISULU (Chairperson)
349 Elizabeth Grove
Lynnwood
Pretoria
South Africa
0081

Tel.: +27 84 606 6973
Email: esisulu@netactive.co.za 


Canada and Caribbean 

Dr. Michael A. Bucknor is a Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies in Jamaica (UWI). In 2002 he was the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.

DR. MICHAEL BUCKNOR (Chairperson)
Department of Literatures in English,
University of the West Indies,
Mona Campus,
Kingston 7,
Jamaica W.I.

Tel.: (876)-927-2217 (Department Office)
Email: michaelbucknor@hotmail.com
 
Europe and South Asia 

Professor Makarand Paranjape is a Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University's Centre for English at the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. He has more than twenty-five books and 100 research papers to his credit, including five volumes of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a novel, The Narrator (1995).

PROFESSOR MAKARAND PARANJAPE (Chairperson)
Professor of English and Coordinator, UGC Special Assistance Programme, Centre for English Studies
School of Language, Literature, and Culture Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi--110067, India

Tel: (91-11) 2670 4663 (Office)
Email: makarand.paranjape@gmail.com
 
South East Asia and Pacific
 
Dr Anne Brewster is currently the Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Co-ordinator of the School of English at the University of South Wales, Australia. 
 
DR ANNE BREWSTER (Chairperson)
School of English, Media and Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Sydney
NSW 2052

Tel:  +61 (0)2 9371 7935
E-mail: a.brewster@unsw.edu.au