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Caine Prize 2020 – “There’s been a lot of kindness and even rediscovery of a sense of community”: Words on the Times with the shortlisted writers.

By Africa in Words Guest on 27 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

Ahead of the announcement of the AKO Caine Prize’s winner today at 5pm BST, we were able to catch up with Erica Sugo Anyadike, Chikodili Emelumadu, Jowhor Ile, Rémy Ngamije for their Words on the Times – an AiW Q&A set inspired… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2020: ‘Your appreciation of power will grow’: A Review of Erica Sugo Anyadike’s ‘How to Marry an African President’

By wesleymacheso89 on 24 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

AiW Note: AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize is back. We’ve been talking about prize culture for a long time at Africa in Words; Kate Wallis’s post on our joining the Caine Prize “blogathon” back in… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2020: Review of Jowhor Ile’s “Fisherman’s Stew”

By Africa in Words Guest on 21 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

Caine Prize 2020 & Africa Writes. Q&A: “[I]nvite our audiences to meditate on joy and re-center our humanity”: Ifeanyi Awachie’s Words on the Times

By Africa in Words Guest on 20 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

AiW note: In the first of Africa Writes’ online events this year, Ifeanyi Awachie, London-based Igbo curator and writer, will be in conversation with the 2020 AKO Caine Prize shortlisted writers this evening, Monday 20th July at 19.00 BST (20.00… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2020: Fiction masquerading as nonfiction: A Review of Chikodili Emelumadu’s “What to do When Your Child Brings Home a Mami Wata”

By JoannaWoods on 17 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

Caine Prize 2020: “Every day is today”: A Review of Rémy Ngamije’s “The Neighbourhood Watch”

By Ellen Addis on 10 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

2017 Africa Writes #P&P Highlights Reel: 2017 Caine Prize Conversation

By Africa in Words on 5 July , 2020 • ( 0 )

AiW note: If AiW memory serves, since at least 2014, Africa Writes has hosted the Caine Prize shortlisted writers in conversation, prior to the announcement of the winner in July. At AiW, we’ve been reviewing the shortlisted stories and thinking… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2020: Tragedy and Trauma in a Roland Mouret Jacket: A Review of Grace Jones by Irenosen Okojie

By Africa in Words Guest on 3 July , 2020 • ( 4 )

AiW Note: AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back. We’ve been talking about prize culture for a long time at Africa in Words; Kate Wallis started off this series in 2013. Over the five Fridays in July, we are reviewing… Read More ›

Plagiarism, Intertextuality, and the Same Old Story: The Caine Prize Controversy is Not Original

By Kristen Stern on 28 October , 2019 • ( 0 )

On September 3, 2019, the Caine Prize for African Writing announced that it was removing Tochukwu Okafor’s “All Our Lives” from the 2019 short list for the Prize for short fiction for “failure to attribute an original source.” The 2019… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “Skinned”

By Africa in Words Guest on 9 July , 2019 • ( 1 )

AiW Guest: Tolulope Akinwole AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back, adding to our conversations over the years about prizes and prize culture – see Kate Wallis’ kick off from back in 2013. In the coming days we are… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Tochukwo Okafor’s “All Our Lives”

By Kristen Stern on 7 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

AiW Note: The Caine Prize has recently removed Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor’s “All Our Lives” from the 2019 shortlist, following a decision that there had been “failure to attribute an original source.” Short Story Day Africa, who awarded its 2017 Prize… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Cherrie Kandie’s “Sew My Mouth”

By Africa in Words Guest on 2 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

AiW Guest: Temitayo Olofinlua This is the third in AiW’s annual Caine Prize for African Writing review series, reviewing all five of the shortlisted stories of 2019’s offerings. We’ve long used the opportunity to talk through the writing recognised by… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Meron Hadero’s “The Wall”

By Ellen Addis on 28 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back with this, the second in our reviews of the five shortlisted stories for 2019. In the spirit of our broader and longer conversations about prize culture at Africa in Words – Kate Wallis… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti’s “It Takes A Village Some Say”

By JoannaWoods on 24 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back. We’ve been talking about prize culture for a long time at Africa in Words; Kate Wallis started off this series in 2013. In the coming days we are featuring reviews of the stories… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2018 Shortlist: A Review of Nonyelum Ekwempu’s “American Dream”

By Kristen Stern on 2 July , 2018 • ( 0 )

AiW note: This past week, we have featured reviews of each of the stories shortlisted for the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing, ahead of the announcement of the winner this evening, 2 July, at SOAS, University of London. This,… Read More ›

Caine Prize 2018 Shortlist: A Review of Stacy Hardy’s “Involution”

By Africa in Words Guest on 1 July , 2018 • ( 1 )

AiW Guest: Katarzyna Kubin This review of Stacy Hardy’s “Involution” by our regular Guest contributor, Katarzyna Kubin, is the penultimate of our series of the stories shortlisted for the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing, ahead of the announcement… Read More ›