Irenosen Okojie wins 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing.

Irenosen Okojie has been awarded the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 for her short story Grace Jones, today, July 27, 2020.

The Chair of the AKO Caine Prize judging panel, director of The Africa Centre, Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, announced the winner of the £10,000 prize in a film, directed and produced by British-Nigerian filmmaker Joseph A. Adesunloye, released on Monday, July 27

The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded annually for a short story by an African writer published in English

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