Full Description
Now in its sixteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection collects the five 2015 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers' Workshop, which took place in April 2015.
Contents
Short-listed Stories: The Folded Leaf by Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), Flying by Elnathan John (Nigeria), A Party for the Colonel by FT Kola (South Africa), Space by Masande Ntshanga (South Africa), The Sack by Namwali Serpell (Zambia). The Caine Prize African Writers' Workshop Stories 2015: #Yennenga by Jemila Abdulai (Ghana), The Road Workers of Chalbi by Dalle Abraham (Kenya), Wahala Lizard by Nkiacha Atemnkeng (Cameroon), Nehushtan by Diane Awerbuck (South Africa), Swallowing Ice by Nana Nyarko Boateng (Ghana), Lusaka Punk by Efemia Chela (Ghana/Zambia), The Writing in the Stars by Jonathan Dotse (Ghana), Burial by Akwaeke Emezi (Nigeria), The Song of a Goat by Pede Hollist (Sierra Leone), Princess Sailendra of Malindi by Kiprop Kimutai (Kenya), Blood Match by Jonathan Mbuna (Malawi), Coloured Renditionby Aisha Nelson (Ghana).
