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Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah won the Caine Prize of African Writing 2019 for her new "Skinned".
The £ 10,000 Arimah Prize was awarded Monday night in London by Kenyan author and poet Peter Kimani, chairman of the jury.
"The winner of this year's Caine African Writing Award is a unique takeover of women's struggle for inclusion in a ritual-driven society," Kimani said. The story of Arimah, he added, "defuses the habit of overthrowing social hierarchies, challenging traditions and considering new opportunities for women of the world. With the help of a cheerful diction, she invents a dystopian universe populated by unforgettable characters, where friendship is tested, where innocence is lost and where readers acquire a new understanding of life. "
Arimah was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Nigeria. She traveled elsewhere with a family who followed her father's career path. She currently lives in Las Vegas in the United States.
She was selected for the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 campaign and her first collection, What it Means, when a man falls from the sky, won the 2017 Kirkus Award, the 2017 Young Lions Fiction Award from the New York Public Library, and was selected for the York Times / PBS Reading Club.
Meron Hadero of Ethiopia, Cherrie Kandie of Kenya, Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti of Cameroon, and Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor of Nigeria were also selected for the list.
Image: Caine Prize
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