African literature

five portrait images of Caine short list authors This year’s short list for the Caine Prize for African Writing is rather phenomenal. Here’s the list with access to most of the stories full text:

Tryphena Yeboah (Ghana) for ‘The Dishwashing Women’, Narrative Magazine (Fall 2022) – magazine website
Nadia Davids (South Africa) for ‘Bridling’, The Georgia Review (2023) – magazine website
Samuel Kolawole (Nigeria) for ‘Adjustment of Status’, New England Review, Vol. 44, #3 (Summer
2023) – pdf of story from Project Muse
Uche Okonkwo (Nigeria) for ‘Animals’, ZYZZYVA (2024) – magazine website
Pemi Aguda (Nigeria) for ‘Breastmilk’, One Story, Issue #227 (2021) – excerpt on magazine website

The Judges–pictured below–have released a few statements about the submissions and a few of their thoughts on the range in the official press release.

five portraits of judges for 2024 Caine Short Story prize

As a head’s up, next is the Caine Prize 25th anniversary. There should be some exciting events!

Cheers,

Bee

Contemporary Black, African, and African diaspora writers across the world are redefining literature and criticism in French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Here are some noteworthy books in their original languages recently acquired by the UC Berkeley Library. Translations into English may also be available for some of the better known.