Nigerian Lesley Nneka Arimah has emerged winner of the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story, ‘Skinned’. Her compatriot Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor, Cameroonian Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti, Ethiopian Meron Hadero and Kenyan Cherrie Kandie were two months ago shortlisted…
Nigeria’s Arimah, Okafor make Caine Prize 2019 shortlist
The Caine Prize for African Writing has released the shortlist of five for this year’s edition to include two Nigerians, a Cameroonian, Ethiopian and Kenyan. The Nigerians, Lesley Nneka Arimah and Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor, got on the list respectively for…
Lesley Nneka Arimah named USA Fellow
United States Artists has announced fiction writer Lesley Nneka Arimah as one of the winners of its coveted 2019 USA Fellowships, $50,000 unrestricted awards “recognising artists for their contributions to the field, and allowing them to decide how to best…