Tag: African literature
African Short Stories Prize Short List
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.
As a head’s up, next is the Caine Prize 25th anniversary. There should be some exciting events!
Cheers,
Bee
Celebrating Black History Month in the Romance Languages
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.
Mélio Tinga
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Léonora Miano
Cristina Roldão et al.
David Pullins
Aïssa Maïga et al.
Doris Wieser & Jessica Falconi, orgs
Léonora Miano
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
Alain Mabanckou, Pascal Blanchard, et Abdourahman Waberi
Evelyne Trouillot
Dimitry Elias Léger
Tierno Monénembo
Djaïli Amadou Amal
Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry
Igiaba Scego
Pierre Singaravélou
Carlos Martens Bilongo
Dorothy Odartey-Wellington, ed.
Camilla Hawthorne
Inocência Mata et al., eds.
Please also see the related English literatures post for Black History Month 2024 and the Black History at Cal library research guide.