Alert! The shortlist for the 2013 Nigeria Prize for Literature, the biggest literary prize in Africa, has been announced. Won last year by Chika Unigwe, the prize money amounts to a staggering $100 000 USD. Competing for this year’s prize will be:
- Letter Home and Biafran Nights by Akeh Afam
- Symphony of Becoming by Eke Iquo
- Birthcry by Nwakanma Obi
- Wild Letters by Ogochukwu Promise
- Globetrotter and Hitler’s Children by Ede Amatoritsero
- Marsh Boy and Other Poems by Egbewo G’ebinyo
- Length of Eyes by Gomba Obari
- The Sahara Testaments by Ipadeola Tade
- Seven Stations up the Stairwell by Launko Kinba (pen name for Femi Osofisan)
- Through the Window of a Sandcastle by Nnadi Amu
- Sea of My Mind by Raji Remi
Best of luck to all!
The long list for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature throws up some of the country’s resourceful poets, AKEEM LASISI writes
Who wins the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature this year? It is not too early to ask this question, as the judges of the prize, established by the Nigeria LNG, have released a long list of 10 collections of poems. And based on the calibre of many of the poets involved, it may not sound alarmist to say that the judges have a tricky and, indeed, daunting job on their hands.
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- Letter Home by Afam Akeh
EAN: 9780956810151
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- Globetrotter by Amatoritsero Ede
EAN: 9781933354774
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