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Caine Prize for African Writing

cainelogoThe Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Each year the winning story and short-listed entries are collected and published in one volume.

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To See the Mountain and Other Stories The shortlisted stories for the 2011 Caine Prize - often referred to as the 'African Booker Prize' - offer five memorable snapshots of life on the African continent in all its diversity. More details
A Life in Full and Other Stories The shortlisted stories for the 2010 Caine Prize – often referred to as the ‘African Booker Prize’ – offer five memorable snapshots of life on the African continent in all its diversity. More details
Work in Progress and Other Stories Now in its 10th year, the Caine Price presents another unmissable opportunity to tune in to what is going on in African fiction. More details
Jambula Tree And Other Short Stories Jambula Tree and other short stories is the Caine prize for African writing 8th Annual collection. More details
The Obituary Tango The Obituary Tango, is an anthology of short stories from around Africa, which were submitted to the 2005 Caine Prize for African Writing. The winner of the 2005 Caine Prize, Monday Morning was written by Nigerian S.A. Afolabi. More details
Seventh Street Alchemy This is the fifth anthology of Caine Prize shortlisted stories, and the third to include the proceedings of a Caine Prize African Writers' Workshop. More details
Discovering Home Discovering Home is the third collection of stories from the Caine Prize for African Writing and includes works by writers from Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. More details
Timbuktu, Timbuktu Timbuktu, Timbuktu contains the winning and short listed stories from the Caine Prize for African Writing 2001. Bringing together writers from Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia and Tunisia, this collection is a showcase of African talent. More details
Tenderfoots Tenderfoots is a collection of short stories by the winner and short listed authors of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing 2000. The authors include Leila Aboulela, Shimmer Chinodya, Charles Mungoshi, Murungu, and Abdourahman Waheri. More details
A is for Ancestors A is for Ancestors is the fourth collection of works from the Caine prize for African Writing. The 2003 winner was Yvonne Adhiambo-Owuor from Kenya with her story titled Weight of Whispers. More details