Great African Reads discussion

Nigeria’s Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for his short story entitled ‘Miracle’ from Transition, Issue 109 (Bloomington, 2012).

Miracle’ is a story set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian church where the congregation has gathered to witness the healing powers of a blind pastor-prophet. Religion and the gullibility of those caught in the deceit that sometimes comes with faith rise to the surface as a young boy volunteers to be healed and begins to believe in miracles.

Here is a link to read the prize winning story and the other short-listed stories.

http://www.caineprize.com/news_2013_w...

Thank you Beverly!!

Marieke wrote: "Thank you Beverly!!"

She is always on top of the latest and greatest info! I echo your thanks!

A nice article about Tope that appeared this past summer in the Washington Post.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/20...

And the 2014 Caine Prize shortlist of five stories has been announced. And the stories can be freely downloaded. See http://www.caineprize.com/index.php

Nina wrote: "And the 2014 Caine Prize shortlist of five stories has been announced. And the stories can be freely downloaded. See http://www.caineprize.com/index.php"

Thank you Nina! I set up a thread for this year's short list in case people want to read and discuss together.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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