"First Vilakazi Prize for the best academic article by a young and emerging scholar in African Studies", ottobre 2011

conferred by Vilakazi Prize Committee and the editorial board of the journal African Studies, Taylor & Francis (Judging panel for the 2011 prize: Prof David Coplan, Prof Peter Alegi, Prof Liz Gunner, Prof Shahid Vawda, Prof Shireen Alli). - 2011 - Estratto dalla lettera di attribuzione del premio (in allegato): "Your article has been characterized as ‘nuanced’; textured’; ‘path-breaking', covering ‘an impressive range of topics such as ‘respectability’, ‘cosmopolitanism’; ‘social differentiation’, ‘love’ ‘modernity’ and ‘emancipation’ and in the process making a significant contribution to the issue of leisure in Africa. Your use of a wide range of research techniques impressed many of the judges."