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A Life In Full & Other Stories – The Caine Prize for African Writing
A Life in Full ‘“ The Caine Prize for African Writing” is a collection that contains the five 2010 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers” Workshop, which took place in Spring 2010. The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa”s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere; the 2010 winner was Olufemi Terry for his work, ‘Stickfighting Days”.*The 2010 shortlist comprised of:*- Ken Barris (S Africa) ‘The Life of Worm” from ‘New Writing from Africa 2009″, published by Johnson & King James Books, Cape Town – Lily Mabura (Kenya) ‘How Shall We Kill the Bishop?” from ‘Wasafiri” No53, Spring 2008 – Namwali Serpell (Zambia) ‘Muzungu” from ‘The Best American Short Stories 2009″, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston MA – Alex Smith (S Africa) ‘Soulmates” from ‘New Writing from Africa 2009″ – Olufemi Terry (Sierra Leone) ‘Stickfighting Days” from ‘Chimurenga” vol 12/13, Cape Town 2008