Three Nigerians have made a five-man shortlist for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. Lesley Nneka Arimah, Chikodili Emelumadu and Arinze Ifeakandu are in the running for the prestigious literary prize alongside Sudan’s Bushra al-Fadil and South Africa’s Magogodi Makhene.
The five-writer shortlist for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing was announced by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Chair of judges and award winning author, poet and editor.
In a release published on the award’s website, Nii Parkes said the shortlist ‘reveals the depth and strength of short story writing from Africa and its diaspora.’
Arimah earned her nomination with a 2015 story, “Who will Greet You At Home,” while Emelumadu and Ifeakandu are in for the prize with their stories “Bush Baby” and “God’s Children Are Little Broken Things.”
The winner of the £10,000 prize will be announced at an award ceremony and dinner at Senate House Library, London, in partnership with The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, on Monday 3 July. Each shortlisted writer will also receive £500.
