First published in 2020 in the USA by Interlink Books. Published by arrangement with New Internationalist Publications, Ltd., Oxford, UK and the Caine Prize fro African Writing, London, IK. The story of the girl whose birds flew away translated from the Arabic by Max Shmookler.
Contents:
Skinned / Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria), winner of the 2019 Caine Prize. Love poems / Helon Habila (Nigeria), winner of the 2001 Caine Prize -- Discovering home / Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya), winner of the 2002 Caine Prize -- Weight of whispers / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya), winner of the 2003 Caine Prize -- Seventh Street alchemy / Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe), winner of the 2004 Caine Prize -- Monday morning / Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), winner of the 2005 Caine Prize -- Jungfrau / Mary Watson (South Africa), winner of the 2006 Caine Prize -- Jambula tree / Monica Arac de Nyeko (Uganda), winner of the 2007 Caine Prize -- Poison / Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa), winner of the 2008 Caine Prize -- Waiting / EC Osondu (Nigeria), winner of the 2009 Caine Prize -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone), winner of the 2010 Caine Prize -- Hitting Budapest / NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), winner of the 2011 Caine Prize -- Bombay's republic / Rotimi Babatunde (Nigeria), winner of the 2012 Caine Prize -- Miracle / Tope Folarin (Nigeria), winner of the 2013 Caine Prize -- My father's head -- Okwiri Oduor (Kenya), winner of the 2014 Caine Prize -- The sack / Namwali Serpell (Zambia), winner of the 2015 Caine Prize -- Memories we lost / Lidudumalingani (South Africa), winner of the 2016 Caine Prize -- The story of the girl whose birds flew away / Bushra al-Fadil (Sudan), winner of the 2017 Caine Prize -- Fanta blackcurrant / Makena Onjerika (Kenya), winner of the 2018 Caine Prize -- Skinned / Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria), winner of the 2019 Caine Prize.
Summary:
"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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.