Twenty years of the Caine Prize for African writing
"Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing, this collection showcases all twenty prize-winning short stories - each with its own unique take on modern African life. A jailer's love poems ghost-written by a prisoner... Love blossoming between two girls des...
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Auckland Park, South Africa
Jacana Media
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing, this collection showcases all twenty prize-winning short stories - each with its own unique take on modern African life. A jailer's love poems ghost-written by a prisoner... Love blossoming between two girls despite the horror of their community... Street kids stick-fighting or stealing guavas from the rich... A dystopian world where women must go naked until they marry... Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing - often referred to as the 'African Booker Prize' - this collection showcases all twenty prize-winning short stories, each with its own unique take on modern African life. As Ben Okri says, in his special introduction for this anthology: 'Whether in the cities or in the villages, whether it is in East or West or South or North Africa, something pulses through the varied and oddly unified life of the continent that lends itself to the framing that the short story excels at. Whether it is the celebration, the marketplace, the bus stop, the ritual, the family, the funeral, comradeship, grisly death, sexual awakening, the short story catches the experience, holds it at an angle, illuminates it."--Back cover |
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| Beschreibung: | First published in the UK in 2019 by New Internationalist Publications Ltd The museum / Leila Aboulela Sudan, 2000 -- Love poems / Helon Habila Nigeria, 2001 -- Discovering home / Binyavanga Wainaina Kenya, 2002 -- Weight of whispers / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Kenya, 2003 -- Seventh street alchemy / Brian Chikwava Zimbabwe, 2004 -- Monday morning / Segun Afolabi Nigeria, 2005 -- Jungfrau / Mary Watson South Africa, 2006 -- Jambula tree / Monica Arac de Nyeko Uganda, 2007 -- Poison / Henrietta Rose-Innes South Africa, 2008 -- Waiting / EC Osondu Nigeria, 2009 -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry Sierra Leone, 2010 -- Hitting Budapest / NoViolet Bulawayo Zimbabwe, 2011 -- Bombay's republic / Rotimi Babatunde Nigeria, 2012 -- Miracle / Tope Folarin Nigeria, 2013 Okwiri Oduor Kenya, 2014 -- The sack / Namwali Serpell Zambia, 2015 -- Memories we lost / Lidudumalingani South Africa, 2016 -- The story of the girl whose bird flew away / Bushra al-Fadil Sudan, 2017 -- Fanta blackcurrant / Makena Onjerika Kenya, 2018 -- Skinned / Lesley Nneka Arimah Nigeria, 2019 |
| Beschreibung: | 320 Seiten 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781431429646 1431429643 |