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The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020
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Now in its 21st year, the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is African’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. The collection brings together the five stories on the 2020 shortlist.
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Rachel Rose
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Marcia
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“Dit weekend las ik de vijf kortverhalen die in 2020 genomineerd waren voor de AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Het verhaal dat mij persoonlijk het minste aansprak - <em>Grace Jones</em> - ging er met de prijs vandoor. Maar smaken verschillen nu eenmaal.
Hoe dan ook een bundeling met sterke kortverhalen die naar meer smaken. Auteurs om in de gaten te houden!”
Michelle
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“I came to this collection knowing of but not having read two of the authors featured and I wanted to read the other shortlisted authors' work. This is such a varied collection of high calibre stories, which has renewed my interest in getting to works by the authors I knew (Irenosen Okojie and Chikodili Emelumadu) but also introduced me to other authors I'd like to investigate further (Erica Sugo Anyadike and Jowhor Ile).
Short story collections like these are a great way to get a flavour of authors' work without having to commit to a full collection, but knowing that the stories included were of such quality that they were shortlisted for a prize. I'll certainly be looking at AKO Caine Prize shortlists and their anthologies to introduce me to new authors in future.”
About AKO Caine Prize
The AKO Caine Prize was launched in 2000 to 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. Notable winners include as Leila Aboulela, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Brian Chikwava and NoViolet Bulawayo.
Chris Brazier
Once a writer for the rock music weekly Melody Maker (1977-80), Chris Brazier has been a co-editor of New Internationalist magazine since 1984. He has covered myriad subjects from masculinity to maternal mortality, Panafricanism to the paranormal, and has edited country issues on South Africa, Burkina Faso, Western Sahara, Bangladesh, Iran, China and Vietnam. He edits the country profile section of the magazine as well as its puzzle page. Since 2010 he has focused primarily on commissioning and editing New Internationalist’s books and other publications. He has also written regularly for UNICEF’s annual The State of the World’s Children report since 1997.
Chris is the author of Vietnam: The Price of Peace (Oxfam, 1992), The No-Nonsense Guide to World History (2001, 2006 & 2010) and Trigger Issues: Football (2007). He also compiled the New Internationalist anthologies Raging Against the Machine (2003) and Brief Histories of Almost Anything (2008).
Chris Brazier is known as @chrisbrazier24 on Twitter.
Erica Sugo Anyadike
Erica Sugo Anyadike is a Tanzanian writer based in Kenya. She began her career in South Africa as a screenwriter and worked in various capacities in the television sector. As a broadcaster, she created briefs and commissioned television series that dealt with issues such as apartheid, sexuality and gender. She continued that trend, when she began to produce her own content, never shying away from events and issues that intrigued her but always ensuring she kept her focus on characters, emotions and story. Apart from short films and television series, Erica has also written several short stories. In 2019, Erica was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Queen Mary Wasafiri Writing Prize. Erica’s interests lie in depicting complex African female characters and mentoring young filmmakers and writers. She is writing a novel and living in Kenya with her family. ‘How to Marry an African President’ was first published by addastories.org in 2019.Twitter: @SugoErica
Erica Sugo Anyadike
Erica Sugo Anyadike is a Tanzanian writer based in Kenya. She began her career in South Africa as a screenwriter and worked in various capacities in the television sector. As a broadcaster, she created briefs and commissioned television series that dealt with issues such as apartheid, sexuality and gender. She continued that trend, when she began to produce her own content, never shying away from events and issues that intrigued her but always ensuring she kept her focus on characters, emotions and story. Apart from short films and television series, Erica has also written several short stories. In 2019, Erica was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Queen Mary Wasafiri Writing Prize. Erica’s interests lie in depicting complex African female characters and mentoring young filmmakers and writers. She is writing a novel and living in Kenya with her family. ‘How to Marry an African President’ was first published by addastories.org in 2019.Twitter: @SugoErica
Chikodili Emelumadu
Chikodili Emelumadu was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and raised in Nigeria. Her work has previously been shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Awards (2015), the Caine Prize for African Literature (2017) and a Nommo award (2020). In 2019, she won the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel prize for her novel ‘Dazzling’. ‘What to do When Your Child Brings Home a Mami Wata’ was first published in The Shadow Booth, volume 2 (2018). Twitter: @chemelumadu
Chikodili Emelumadu
Chikodili Emelumadu was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and raised in Nigeria. Her work has previously been shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Awards (2015), the Caine Prize for African Literature (2017) and a Nommo award (2020). In 2019, she won the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel prize for her novel ‘Dazzling’. ‘What to do When Your Child Brings Home a Mami Wata’ was first published in The Shadow Booth, volume 2 (2018). Twitter: @chemelumadu
Jowhor Ile
Jowhor Ile was born and raised in Nigeria. He is known for his first novel, And After Many Days. In 2016, the novel was awarded the Etisalat Prize for Literature. His short fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review, McSweeney's Quarterly and Litro Magazine. He earned his MFA at Boston University and is currently a visiting professor at West Virginia. He splits his time between Nigeria and the US. ‘Fisherman’s Stew’ was first published in The Sewanee Review in 2019. Twitter: @JowhorIle
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Rémy Ngamije
Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer. His debut novel The Eternal Audience Of One is forthcoming from Scout Press (S&S). He is the editor-in-chief of Doek!, Namibia’s first literary magazine. His short stories have appeared in Litro Magazine, AFREADA, Johannesburg Review of Books, The Amistad, Kalahari Review, American Chordata, Doek!, Azure, Sultan's Seal, Santa Ana River Review, Columbia Journal, New Contrast, Necessary Fiction, Silver Pinion and Lolwe. He has been longlisted for the 2020 Afritondo Short Story Prize and shortlisted for Best Original Fiction by Stack Magazines in 2019. ‘The Neighbourhood Watch’ was first published in The Johannesburg Review of Books in 2019. www.remythequill.com Twitter: @remythequill
Rémy Ngamije
Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer. His debut novel The Eternal Audience Of One is forthcoming from Scout Press (S&S). He is the editor-in-chief of Doek!, Namibia’s first literary magazine. His short stories have appeared in Litro Magazine, AFREADA, Johannesburg Review of Books, The Amistad, Kalahari Review, American Chordata, Doek!, Azure, Sultan's Seal, Santa Ana River Review, Columbia Journal, New Contrast, Necessary Fiction, Silver Pinion and Lolwe. He has been longlisted for the 2020 Afritondo Short Story Prize and shortlisted for Best Original Fiction by Stack Magazines in 2019. ‘The Neighbourhood Watch’ was first published in The Johannesburg Review of Books in 2019. www.remythequill.com Twitter: @remythequill
Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have been published internationally including Salt's Best British Short Stories 2017, Kwani? and The Year's Best Weird Fiction. She was presented at the London Short Story Festival by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri as a dynamic writing talent to watch and featured in the Evening Standard Magazine as one of London’s exciting new authors. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular, published by Jacaranda Books, was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her new collection of stories, Nudibranch, is published by Little Brown's Dialogue Books and ‘Grace Jones’ first appeared in that book. www.irenosenokojie.com Twitter: @IrenosenOkojie
Other books by Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have been published internationally including Salt's Best British Short Stories 2017, Kwani? and The Year's Best Weird Fiction. She was presented at the London Short Story Festival by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri as a dynamic writing talent to watch and featured in the Evening Standard Magazine as one of London’s exciting new authors. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular, published by Jacaranda Books, was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her new collection of stories, Nudibranch, is published by Little Brown's Dialogue Books and ‘Grace Jones’ first appeared in that book. www.irenosenokojie.com Twitter: @IrenosenOkojie
Other books by Irenosen Okojie
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