Ugandan Writer Captures Caine Prize

Submitted by mwilliams on Tue, 2007-07-10 16:49.

Twenty-eight year old Monica Arac de Nyeko has been awarded the Caine Prize for her short story Jambula Tree. The £10,000 prize is “Africa’s most prestigous literary honor”.

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I suppose we could have used the title 'not safe for anyone' many times already, but I thought it would be especially pertinent here because in this show Richard and Hans illustrate the many situations in which the C-word is perfectly appropriate.

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