London, 06 July-(ANA)-Sierra Leonean writer Olufemi Terry has won this year's Caine Prize for African Writing, regarded as Africa's leading literary award.
The prize was given for his story Stickfighting Days - the judges said it presented a heroic culture that was "Homeric" in its scale and conception.
They described Olufemi Terry as a talent with an enormous future.
Terry was born in Sierra Leone, grew up in Nigeria, was a journalist in Somalia and Uganda, and now lives in Cape Town.
His book is about Raul, a boy who lives in a dump and uses sticks to fight with other boys.
The Caine prize, of £10,000 ($16,000), is given annually for a short story published in English by an African writer.(ANA)