Tope Folarin(Nigeria)Wins Caine Prize for African Writing

US-based Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing.

He received the £10,000 ($15,000) prize for his short story Miracle, set in an evangelical Nigerian church in the US state of Texas

Tope Folarin was among 5 writers short-listed for the prize.They are -

• Elnathan John(Nigeria) for Bayan Layi
• Abubakar Adam Ibrahim(Nigeria) for The Whispering Trees
• Chinelo Okparanta(Nigeria) for America 
• Pede Hollist(Sierra Leone) for his short story Foreign Aid