Award announcement film of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
An annual literature prize awarded to the writer of an African short story
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. 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.
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Winner of The 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing
Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) for ‘Skinned’, Published in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern (Issue 53)
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