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Nigeria: Tope Folarin Finds His Place in the Literary World
This Day, 28 July 2013
There was a time when Tope Folarin came almost daily to Politics and Prose not to sip iced lattes, as he’s doing on this recent Sunday afternoon, but to learn his craft by… Read more »
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Nigeria: What Caine Prize Means to Me - Tope Folarin
Daily Trust, 14 July 2013
Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has scooped the Caine Prize for African Writing for his "utterly compelling" short story Miracle, set among Nigerian expatriates living in the US. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Tope Folarin Wins Caine Prize for African Writing
Leadership, 12 July 2013
Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has been announced as the winner of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing. The writer, who is based in the United States of America scooped the… Read more »
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Africa: The Caine Prize Controversy - How African Do You Have to Be?
Daily Maverick, 11 July 2013
This year's winner of the Caine Prize for African writing wasn't born in Africa, and has never lived here (except for a short stint at the University of Cape Town). Is Tope Folarin… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerian Author, Tope Folarin Wins Caine Prize
Vanguard, 9 July 2013
The 2013 prestigious Caine Prize for African writing has been awarded Tope Folarin; a US-based Nigerian writer. Read more »
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Africa: Nigerian Writer Wins Top Literary Award
The Caine Prize, 8 July 2013
Nigeria's Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa's leading literary award, for his short story entitled 'Miracle' from Transition, Issue… Read more »
Nigerian Writer Wins Top Literary Award
U.S. -based Nigerian writer Tope Folarin has won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story titled Miracle.
InFocus
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Four out of the five writers shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African fiction are Nigerians. Read more »
