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SIERRA LEONEAN/CAINE PRIZEBack
[Published: Tuesday July 06 2010]

Sierra Leonean wins Caine writing prize

 

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)

FA/ANA/06 July 2010----------

 


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