African Literature

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Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature ... (P.M. News)

By Nehru Odeh. Nigerian writer, Rose Okeke has won the James Currey Prize for African Literature for her manuscript, “Child of the Corn.”.

The jury for 2022, chaired by Ever Obi, included Indian author and scholar, Dr. The first winner of the prize was Ani Kayode Somtochukwu. The winner receives £1000

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Rose Okeke wins James Currey Prize for African Literature 2022 (James Murua)

Rose Okeke was declared the winner of the James Currey Prize for African Literature 2022 at Oxford University, UK on September 3, 2022.

[was announced on June 1](https://www.jamesmurua.com/james-currey-prize-for-african-literature-2022-longlist-announced/) before the shortlist [was revealed on July 1](https://www.jamesmurua.com/james-currey-prize-for-african-literature-2022-shortlist-announced/). It was established in honour of James Currey, a publisher of academic books on Africa in 2020. The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English by any writer, set in Africa or on Africans in Africa or in the Diaspora.

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