{"id":2075,"date":"2019-05-22T17:26:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2019-05-22T17:26:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:26:56","slug":"caine-prize-shortlist-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/caine-prize-shortlist-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Caine Prize Shortlist Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The final\nshortlist for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Literature has been announced,\nand only one is a gentleman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nshortlisted authors are from Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Kenya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From\nNigeria, Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of <em>Skinned,\n<\/em>has made the shortlist alongside Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor, the author of <em>All our lives. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameroonian\nauthor Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweta has been nominated for <em>It takes a village some say<\/em>, while Ethiopia\u2019s Meron Hadero has made\nthe shortlist with <em>The Wall. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nshortlist is rounded up by Kenya\u2019s Cherrie Kandie, author of <em>Sew my mouth. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Caine-Prize-shortlist1.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The authors write on different themes in the works that have made the shortlist for the Caine Prize\" class=\"wp-image-2076\"\/><figcaption>The authors write on different themes in the works that have made the shortlist for the Caine Prize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Caine-Prize-shortlist2.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tochukwu, right, is the only gentleman to hav made the shortlist for this year's Caine Prize for African Writing\" class=\"wp-image-2077\"\/><figcaption>Tochukwu, right, is the only gentleman to hav made the shortlist for this year&#8217;s Caine Prize for African Writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWithout\nexception, past Caine Prize winners have been revolutionary and evolutionary\u2014\nbreaking fresh ground, while pushing the African story from the margins to the\nmainstream of world literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five writers on this year\u2019s shortlist carry on with that\ntradition, not just in their inventiveness in imagining the world, but also in\ntackling the ordinary in an extraordinary manner, in a wide-range of issues:\ngender and generation; home and exile; sexuality and religion; love and hate;\nhappiness and heartbreak,\u201d\nsaid Dr. Peter Kimani, chair of the 5-panel judge that will decide the ultimate\nwinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner\nwill receive a \u00a3 10,000 prize at a ceremony to be\nheld on 8<sup>th<\/sup> July in London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year\u2019s\nprice went to Kenya\u2019s Makena Onjerika, whose short story, <em>Fanta BlackCurrant, <\/em>narrated the experiences of street children in\nNairobi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final shortlist for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Literature has been announced, and only one is a gentleman. 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