Tag: Caine Prize 2014
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The Caine Prize 2014 winner is Kenya’s Okwiri Oduor!
The Caine Prize 2014 winner has just been announced in London and the winner this year is Kenyan writer Okwiri Oduor. She becomes the third Kenyan winner of the prize after Binyanvanga Wainaina in 2002 and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on 2003. The ceremony with several speeches started with a minute of silence for the just…
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Its Caine Prize Night: Best of luck to all the nominees
The winner of the Caine Prize will be announced tonight as part of the series of events called “Africa Writes” in its third year to celebrate African writing in London, UK. The nominees are Kenyans Okwiri Oduor and Billy Kahora the highest for us in East Africa. Also in the list are South African Diane…
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Caine Prize 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Caine Prize for African Literature, one of the continent’s hottest short story awards, has just been announced. This is the fifteenth year of the prize that was initially welcomed universally although the universality has been in question in recent years. Some of the more famous previous recipients of the award have…