The Caine Prize 2005
Find out who won this year's prize, dedicated to African short story writing, as the winner was announced on Monday July 5th.
Caine Prize 2005
Nigerian writer Segun Afolabi has won the $15,000 (£8,530) Caine Prize for African writing for his short story 'Monday Morning' .
Afolabi has written for a number of literary magazines, including the Edinburgh Review and London Magazine. The panel of judges called the writer's work "poignant".
Read the full story at BBC news
The Nominees
The nominees perform a reading of their works at the Royal Overseas League, a Literary Symposium with readings, at the Institute for English Studies, London University, and readings for the Africa Centre in London. This year's nominees are as follows:
S.A. Afolabi (Nigeria) , for 'Monday Morning' , from Wasafiri, issue 41, spring 2004.
Doreen Baingana (Uganda)
, for
'Tropical Fish'
, from African American Review, volume 37, number 4, 2003.
Jamal Mahjoub (Sudan) , for 'The Obituary Tango' , from Wasafiri, issue 42, summer 2004.
Muthal Naidoo (South Africa) , for 'Jail Birds' , from Botsotso, Botsotso Publishing, 2004.
Ike Okonta (Nigeria) , for 'Tindi in the Land of the Dead' , from Humanitas, George Bell Institute, Queen’s College, Birmingham, volume 2, number 1, October 2000.
The Chairm of the Judges, Baroness Lola Young, described the entries on the shortlist as a "rich mixture", saying they were "a really good read!". 