Kenyan Wins African Writing Prize

Kenyan author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor has won the Caine Prize for African Writing. “Her story is written in the voice of an aristocratic Rwandan refugee in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. The prize, worth $15,000, is given for a short story written in English by an African author and is considered one of the most prestigious awards for African literature.”