Submitted by Administrator on Mon, 28/04/2014 - 10:12
The shortlist for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing was announced on Tuesday 22 April by Nobel Prizewinner and Patron of the Caine Prize Professor Wole Soyinka, as part of the opening ceremonies for the UNESCO World Book Capital 2014 celebration in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
The 2014 shortlist comprises:
- Diane Awerbuck (South Africa) "Phosphorescence" in Cabin Fever (Umuzi, Cape Town. 2011)
Read Phosphorescence - Efemia Chela (Ghana/Zambia) "Chicken" in Feast, Famine and Potluck (Short Story Day Africa, South Africa. 2013)
Read Chicken - Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe) "The Intervention" in Open Road Review, issue 7, New Delhi. 2013
Read The Intervention - Billy Kahora (Kenya) "The Gorilla's Apprentice" in Granta (London. 2010)
Read The Gorilla's Apprentice - Okwiri Oduor (Kenya) "My Father's Head" in Feast, Famine and Potluck (Short Story Day Africa, South Africa. 2013)
Read My Father's Head