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Twenty Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing — often referred to as the African Booker Prize — this collection showcases the winning short stories of African writers from the past 20 years and reflects the vast range of modern African experience.

All of the winning short stories will be collected:

2019 Lesley Nneka Arimah — “Skinned”

2018 Makena Onjerika — “Fanta Blackcurrant”

2017 Bushra al-Fadil — “The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away”

2016 Lidudumalingani — “Memories We Lost”

2015 Namwali Serpell — “The Sack”

2014 Okwiri Oduor — “My Father's Head”

2013 Tope Folarin — “Miracle”

2012 Rotimi Babatunde — “Bombay's Republic”

2011 No Violet Bulawayo — “Hitting Budapest”

2010 Olufemi Terry — “Stickfighting Days”

2009 E C Osundu — “Waiting”

2008 Henrietta Rose-Innes — “Poison”

2007 Monica Arac de Nyeko — “Jambula Tree”

2006 Mary Watson — “Jungfrau”

2005 Segun Afolabi — “Monday Morning”

2004 Brian Chikwava — “Seventh Street Alchemy”

2003 Yvonne Owuor — “Weight of Whispers”

2002 Binyavanga Wainaina — “Discovering Home”

2001 Helon Habila — “Love Poems”

2000 Leila Aboulela — “The Museum”