Arimah wins top African short story prize

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…

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