Listen to the 5 Stories Shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing

 
Podcasts of the five stories shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing have been uploaded and are available to listen to, for free.

South Africans Masande Ntshanga and FT Kola read their own work, as does Nigerian writer Elnathan John, while “The Folded Leaf”, by Segun Afolab of Nigeria, is read by Olu Alake.

The winner of the £10,000 prize will be announced at an award ceremony and dinner at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, on Monday, 6 July.

Namwali Serpell’s reading of “The Sack” is coming soon.

• Read biographies of the shortlisted writers for 2015 Caine Prize

Listen to “The Folded Leaf”, read by Olu Alake, produced by Alice Lloyd:

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• Read Afolabi’s shortlisted story: “The Folded Leaf”

Listen to “Flying” read by the author, produced by Alice Lloyd:

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• Read John’s shortlisted story: “Flying”

Listen to “A Party for the Colonel”, read by the author, produced by Alex Feldman at Pixiu:

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• Read Kola’s shortlisted story: “A Party for the Colonel”

Listen to “Space”, read by the author, produced by Times Media:

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• Read Ntshanga’s shortlisted story: “Space”

Namwali Serpell’s “The Sack”: coming soon.

• Read Serpell’s shortlisted story: “The Sack”

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