Also in 2016, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Forna was announced as one of the 2017 panel of judges.
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Forna was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to literature.
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Between 1989 and 1999 Forna worked for the BBC, both in radio and television, as a reporter and documentary maker in the spheres of arts and politics.
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African Writers Trust is governed by its Advisory Board, currently ( as of 2011 ) composed of Zakes Mda, Susan Nalugwa Kiguli, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Helon Habila, Mildred Barya, and Aminatta Forna.
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His most famous work is probably his " Nordiska k�mpa dater, i en sagoflock samlade om forna kongar och hj�ltar " ( 1737 ), an edition and translation of a large number of Old Icelandic chivalric sagas and legendary sagas.
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For Aminatta Forna, writing in the " Washington Post ", " " Wizard of the Crow " is first and foremost a great, spellbinding tale, probably the crowning glory of Ngig ) 's life's work.
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To disabuse mistaken notions, Aminatta Forna's film travels to Mali, whose famed carvings of the Dogon and terra cottas of Djenne are hailed by Westerners as prime examples of African art but where the language of the largest indigenous culture has no word for art.
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On 19 July 1975, 14 senior army and government officials including Brigadier David Lansana, former cabinet minister Mohamed Sorie Forna, Brigadier General Ibrahim Bash Taqi and Lieutenant Habib Lansana Kamara were executed after being convicted for allegedly attempting a coup to topple president Stevens'government.
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Critics further praised Forna's forensic research and unmatched ability to evoke atmosphere, place and powerful emotions in explaining " the horrors of our times, those that will follow us to the grave " but also of exposing how we observe, participate and play a role in events.
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Forna is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, sits on the advisory committee for the Royal Literary Fund and the Caine Prize for African Writing, has been a judge on several high-profile prize panels and continues to champion the work of up-and-coming diverse authors.
