Full Description
Now in its nineteenth 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. Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika is the 2018 winner for her short story entitled "Fanta Blackcurrant". This collection brings together the five 2018 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers' Workshop, taking place April 2018.; The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and highlight the richness and diversity of African writing by bringing it to a wider audience internationally. The focus on the short story reflects the contemporary development of the African story-telling tradition.; Judges are drawn from different literary fields including eminent journalists, broadcasters and academics with expertise and a connection to literature in Africa. Five stories are selected for the shortlist by the judges.;The 2018 judging panel comprises: Dinaw Mengestu, journalist, author and graduate of Georgetown University and of Columbia University's M.F.A programme in fiction; Alain Mabanckou, prolific Francophone Congolese poet and novelist and Man Booker International Prize finalist (2015); reporter, columnist and poet Ahmed Rajab; Henrietta Rose-Innes, a South African author who won the Caine Prize in 2008; Lola Shoneyin, a Nigerian writer who has won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prose Prize, among others.
Contents
2018 shortlist:American Dream by Nonyelum Ekwempu (Nigeria);The Armed Letter Writers by Olofunke Ogundimu (Nigeria);Fanta Blackcurrant by Makena Onjerika (Kenya);Involution by Stacy Hardy (South Africa);Wednesday's Story by Wole Talabi (Nigeria);Workshop stories and writers:No Ordinary Soiree by Paula Akugizibwe;Tie Kidi by Awuor Onyango;Calling the Clouds Home by Heran T. Abate; America by Caroline Numuhire;Departure by Nsah Mala;Where Rivers Go to Die by Dilman Dila;Ngozi by Bongani Sibanda;The Weaving of Death by Lucky Grace Isingizwe; Redemption Song by Arinze Ifeakandu;Spaceman by Bongani Kona;All Things Bright and Beautiful by Troy Onyango;Grief is the Gift that Breaks the Spirit Open by Eloghusa Osunde.
