Caine Prize Stifling African Literature?

The Caine Prize for African Writing director Lizzy Attree has dismissed criticism that the selection criterion for the award is slanted towards stories which are stereotypical of Africa.
  • Zimbabwe:   Caine Prize Denies Selection Bias

    The Herald, 4 April 2014

    The Caine Prize for African Writing director Lizzy Attree has refuted criticism that the selection criterion for the award is slanted towards stories which are stereotypical of… Read more »

Caine Prize for African Writers.

  • Zimbabwe:   Caine Prize Stifling African Literature?

    Zimbabwe Standard, 30 March 2014

    It is well and good to love the Caine Prize but here I choose to take a road less travelled. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Writer Among Caine Prize Judges

    Financial Gazette, 14 March 2014

    A Zimbabwean writer and journalist, Percy Zvomuya, is among the judges of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing, an announcement from the Caine Prize said. The judging panel… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Caine Prize Returns to Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe Standard, 19 January 2014

    For the first time in the history of the Caine Prize, its annual workshop will take place in Zimbabwe at the end of March and will see the launch of the Prize's 2013 anthology,… Read more »

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