Nigerian writer Tope Folarin wins Caine writing prize
This is delightful news. Two Nigerians have won the prestigious Caine
Prize for African Writing two years in a row. Last year, Nigerian
writer, Rotimi Babatunde, won the prize for his story
Bombay's Republic - a book about Nigerian soldiers who fought in the
Burma
campaign during World War II. And this year, another Nigerian has won.
His name is Tope Folarin, a US-based writer. He won the prize for his
story - Miracle - a short story set in an evangelical Nigerian church
in Texas.
Tope, who was shortlisted with three other Nigerians and a Sierra Leonean for the
prize, received $15,000 at an event that held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Congrats to him.
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