As has been widely reported, the Caine Prize for African writing has been awarded to the Nigerian S.A. Afolabi, who got to take home $15,000 and lots of media attention. I’m not at all familiar with Afolabi’s work, so I was rooting for the one nominee whose work I have read before: Doreen Baingana, whose excellent collection Tropical Fish, came out earlier this year. Here’s an article that talks about previous winners of the Caine Prize and the subsequent effect on their careers.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.