The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English Language.
The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 2000, and was named in memory of Sir Michael Harris Caine,former Chairman of Booker Group plc
Winners Details
The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 2000, and was named in memory of Sir Michael Harris Caine,former Chairman of Booker Group plc
Winners Details
Year
|
Author
|
Work
|
Country
|
2000
|
Leila Aboulela
|
The Museum
|
Sudan
|
2001
|
Helon Habila
|
Love Poems
|
Nigeria
|
2002
|
Binyavanga Wainaina
|
Discovering Home
|
Kenya
|
2003
|
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
|
Weight of Whispers
|
Kenya
|
2004
|
Brian Chikwava
|
Seventh Street Alchemy
|
Zimbabwe
|
2005
|
S A Afolabi
|
Monday Morning
|
Nigeria
|
2006
|
Mary Watson
|
Jungfrau
|
South Africa
|
2007
|
Monica Arac de Nyeko
|
Jambula Tree
|
Uganda
|
2008
|
Henrietta Rose-Innes
|
Poison
|
South Africa
|
2009
|
E C Osondu
|
Waiting
|
Nigeria
|
2010
|
Olufemi Terry
|
Stickfighting Days
|
Sierra Leone
|
2011
|
NoVoilet Bulawayo
|
Hitting Budapest
|
Zimbabwe
|
2012
|
Babatunde Rotimi
|
Bombay’s Republic
|
Nigeria
|
2013
|
Tope Folarin
|
Miracle
|
Nigeria
|
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