WHO WE ARE
Past Judges
Since 2000, the Caine Prize has stood at the centre of African literature — celebrating the short story as a form, and the writers who are reshaping how the world reads the continent.
Past judges
Chair of Judges
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Novelist & Critic
Judge
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Role
Judge
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Role
2026 panelJudge
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Rol
Judge
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Rol
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“The Cartographer’s Daughter”
“Salt and Statues”
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A coastal town recons with its monuments. - South africa
“The Long Rains”
“Wireframe”
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Two sisters wait out a season that changes everything. - Kenya
A coder in Accra builds a ghost into the machine. - Ghana
“The Inheritance of Salt”
A family recipe outlives the family. - Zimbabwe
One story, chosen each year from across a continent.
A mapmaker retraces a vanished coastline - Nigeria