| Description |
320 pages : illustration ; 21 cm |
| Note |
First published in 2020 in the USA by Interlink Books. |
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Published by arrangement with New Internationalist Publications, Ltd., Oxford, UK and the Caine Prize fro African Writing, London, IK. |
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The story of the girl whose birds flew away translated from the Arabic by Max Shmookler. |
| Contents |
The museum / Leila Aboulela (Egypt), winner of the 2000 Caine Prize -- Love poems / Helon Habila (Nigeria), winner of the 2001 Caine Prize -- Discovering home / Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya), winner of the 2002 Caine Prize -- Weight of whispers / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya), winner of the 2003 Caine Prize -- Seventh Street alchemy / Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe), winner of the 2004 Caine Prize -- Monday morning / Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), winner of the 2005 Caine Prize -- Jungfrau / Mary Watson (South Africa), winner of the 2006 Caine Prize -- Jambula tree / Monica Arac de Nyeko (Uganda), winner of the 2007 Caine Prize -- Poison / Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa), winner of the 2008 Caine Prize -- Waiting / EC Osondu (Nigeria), winner of the 2009 Caine Prize -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone), winner of the 2010 Caine Prize -- Hitting Budapest / NoViolet Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), winner of the 2011 Caine Prize -- Bombay's republic / Rotimi Babatunde (Nigeria), winner of the 2012 Caine Prize -- Miracle / Tope Folarin (Nigeria), winner of the 2013 Caine Prize -- My father's head -- Okwiri Oduor (Kenya), winner of the 2014 Caine Prize -- The sack / Namwali Serpell (Zambia), winner of the 2015 Caine Prize -- Memories we lost / Lidudumalingani (South Africa), winner of the 2016 Caine Prize -- The story of the girl whose birds flew away / Bushra al-Fadil (Sudan), winner of the 2017 Caine Prize -- Fanta blackcurrant / Makena Onjerika (Kenya), winner of the 2018 Caine Prize -- Skinned / Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria), winner of the 2019 Caine Prize. |
| Summary |
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing--often referred to as the African Booker Prize--this collection showcases the winning short stories of African writers from the past 20 years and reflects the vast range of modern African experience. |
| Subject |
Africa -- Fiction.
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Short stories, African.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Okri, Ben, writer of introduction.
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Container of (work): Aboulela, Leila, 1964-
The museum.
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Container of (work): Habila, Helon, 1967-
Love poems.
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Container of (work): Wainaina, Binyavanga.
Discovering home.
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Container of (work): Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo.
Weight of whispers.
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Container of (work): Chikwava, Brian.
Seventh Street alchemy.
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Container of (work): Afolabi, Segun, 1966-
Monday morning.
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Container of (work): Watson, Mary, 1975-
Jungfrau.
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Container of (work): Arac de Nyeko, Monica.
Jambula tree.
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Container of (work): Rose-Innes, Henrietta.
Poison.
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Container of (work): Osondu, E. C.
Waiting.
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Container of (work): Terry, Olufemi.
Stickfighting days.
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Container of (work): Bulawayo, NoViolet.
Hitting Budapest.
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Container of (work): Babatunde, Rotimi.
Bombay's republic.
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Container of (work): Folarin, Tope, 1981-
Miracle.
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Container of (work): Oduor, Okwiri.
My father's head.
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Container of (work): Serpell, Namwali, 1980-
The sack.
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Container of (work): Mqombothi, Lidudumalingani.
Memories we lost.
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Container of (work): al-Fadil, Bushra.
The story of the girl whose birds flew away.
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Shmookler, Max, translator.
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Container of (work): Onjerika, Makena.
Fanta blackcurrant.
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Container of (work): Arimah, Lesley Nneka.
Skinned.
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| Added Title |
20 years of the Caine Prize for African writing |
| ISBN |
9781623719357 |
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1623719356 |
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