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Kenyan wins Caine Prize for African Writing
Kenyan Idza Luhumyo has won the 2022 AKO Caine prize for African writing, with a short story judges described as 鈥渋ncandescent鈥�.
Five Years Next Sunday, is about a young woman with the unique power to call the rain in her hair.
Idza Luhumyo told Newsday that Kenyans are 鈥渧ery good at story-telling. We have expressive cultures.鈥�
(Picture: Idza Luhumyo, winner of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2022. Credit Elisa DeFord.)
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