With Ellah Wakatama; interview by Doseline Kiguru. Date: 9 December 2024. On the publication of the latest Caine Prize for African Writing short story anthology, Midnight in the Morgue and Other Stories (Cassava Republic Press), our focus on the 2024… Read More ›
Month: February 2025
Review: Nadia Davids’ ‘Bridling’ (on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Tanaka Chidora. AiW note: Today’s post is the final in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (in full, with more coverage, here). Tanaka Chidora reviews the winning story by Nadia Davids, ‘Bridling’, published in The Georgia Review,… Read More ›
Review: Home as Relationship – Tryphena L. Yeboah’s ‘The Dishwashing Women’ (on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Beatrice Grace Munala. AiW note: Today’s post continues our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (in full with more here), as Beatrice Munala reviews Ghanaian writer Tryphena Yeboah’s shortlisted story, ‘The Dishwashing Women’, published in Narrative Magazine, in… Read More ›
Review: The Alienated Migrant – Samuel Kọ́láwọlé’s ‘Adjustment of Status’ (on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Ekari Phiri. AiW note: Ekari’s piece continues our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (the complete Caine Prize series is here), today, of Nigerian writer Samuel Kọ́láwọlé‘s shortlisted story, ‘Adjustment of Status’, published in New England Review, in… Read More ›
Review: Family Dynamics in Uche Okonkwo’s ‘Animals’ (on the Caine Prize shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Difrodah Mnyika. AiW note: this is the second in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (full series here); today, our review is of Nigerian writer Uche Oknonkwo’s shortlisted story, ‘Animals’, published in ZYZZYVA, in 2024. NB: Our… Read More ›
Review: Of Motherhood and Negotiation – ‘Breastmilk’ by ‘Pemi Aguda (on the Caine Prize shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Spemba Elias Spemba. AiW note: this is the first in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series, of Nigerian writer ‘Pemi Aguda’s shortlisted story, ‘Breastmilk’, published in One Story, in 2021. NB: Our reviews may contain spoilers! Read… Read More ›
Q&As: Nadia Davids’ ‘Bridling’ – on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Nadia Davids. AiW note – on the 2024 edition of our, now annual, AiW Caine Prize series… Today is the last in our ‘Words On / Caine Prize’ 2024 Shortlist Q&As, and the final of our “twinned” Writer-Publisher… Read More ›
Q&As: Publishing Nadia Davids’ ‘Bridling’ in The Georgia Review – the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Gerald Maa, editor and director of The Georgia Review. Today, our final Writer-Publisher ‘Words on / Caine Prize’ Q&As, part of our now annual, AiW Caine Prize series, is with publisher Gerald Maa of The Georgia Review (GR), the… Read More ›
Q&As: Tryphena Yeboah’s ‘The Dishwashing Women’ – on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Tryphena Yeboah. Today, we’re delighted to continue our, now annual, AiW Caine Prize series, with a Writer-Publisher ‘Words on / Caine Prize Q&A’ from writer Tryphena Yeboah, on the shortlist for the 2024 Prize with her story… Read More ›
Q&As: Publishing Tryphena Yeboah’s ‘The Dishwashing Women’ in Narrative Magazine – the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Tom Jenks, Editor and Co-Founder of Narrative Magazine. AiW note: Today, in the penultimate of the ‘Words on / Caine Prize’ 2024 Shortlist Q&A series, our “twinned” Writer-Publisher Q&A set is with Tom Jenks, editor and co-founder of… Read More ›
Q&As: Publishing Samuel Kọ́láwọlé’s ‘Adjustment of Status’ in New England Review – the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Carolyn Kuebler, editor of New England Review. AiW note: Today, part of our now annual AiW Caine Prize series, is the first of our Writer-Publisher 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Q&A duos, plugging in to our interests in prizes, publication… Read More ›
Q&As: Samuel Kọ́láwọlé’s ‘Adjustment of Status’ – on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Samuel Kọ́láwọlé. AiW note – on our 2024, now annual, AiW Caine Prize series: Continuing our ‘Words On / Caine Prize’ 2024 Shortlist series, in this Q&A, we hear from writer, Samuel Kọ́láwọlé (Nigeria), whose shortlisted story,… Read More ›
Q&As: Uche Okonkwo’s ‘Animals’ – on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Uche Okonkwo. We’re continuing with a new series of ‘Words On’ Caine Prize Q&As, today featuring the first of our “twinned” sets with two writers whose stories were shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize, here with Uche… Read More ›
Q&As: ‘Pemi Aguda’s ‘Breastmilk’ – on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: ‘Pemi Aguda. AiW note: We’re continuing with a new series of ‘Words On’ Caine Prize Q&As, today featuring the first of our “twinned” sets with two writers whose stories were shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize, here… Read More ›
Q&As: Chika Unigwe, Chair of the Judging Panel – the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024
With AiW Guest: Chika Unigwe. AiW note – on the 2024 edition of our, now annual, AiW Caine Prize series… This week, our series of ‘Words on Q&As’ kick off a collaborative series based around the shortlist for the 2024… Read More ›