Monica Wilson Prize

The Monica Wilson Prize was introduced in 2009 to commemorate the contribution of Monica Wilson to Anthropology. The prize is awarded to the best student essay submitted by a postgraduate student as a paper at the annual Anthropology Southern Africa conference. The prize-winning essay is selected based on the work that best addresses the theme of the annual conference or excellently exemplifies the spirit of discovery in ethnographic work. The winner is announced at the annual ASnA conference dinner, and receives a monetary prize and publication in the ASnA Journal.

The 2013 committee received excellent submissions and decided to award two prizes for 2013. Congratulations go to Mr Ala Alhourani from the University of the Western Cape and Ms Kate Abney from the University of Cape Town for their award winning essays.

 

Previous Winners

2012: Adam Perry (Univesity of Fort Hare)

2011: Kenneth Tafira (University of Witwatersrand)

2010: Phefumula Nyoni (University of Witwatersrand)

2009: Nina Botha (University of Pretoria)

           Steve Ouma Akoth (University of the Western Cape)