Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo won the inaugural Etisalat prize for Literature for debut fiction for her novel We Need New Names.
LAGOS – Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo won the inaugural Etisalat prize for Literature for debut fiction for her novel We Need New Names, it was announced in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday.
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Having missed out on both the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award – it was shortlisted for both – Bulawayo’s novel bagged what amounts to Africa’s richest open literary award.
She received £15 000; by comparison, the Caine Prize – which Bulawayo won in 2011 – is worth £10 000.
Bulawayo was shortlisted alongside Yewande Omotoso and Karen Jennings. The winner of the Etisalat flash fiction competition was Uche Okonkwo.
