Caine prize goes to ‘incandescent’ short story by Idza Luhumyo - The Guardian

Five Years Next Sunday, about an ostracised girl who ‘holds the fate of her community in her hair’, wins £10,000 award for African writing in English

Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo has won the 2022 AKO Caine prize for African writing, with a short story judges described as incandescent. Five Years Next Sunday, first published in the book Disruption: … [+2136 chars]

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