CAINE PRIZE 2015: SHORTLIST IN CONVERSATION - 30.06.14
The 2015 Caine Prize shortlisted writers will be in conversation with UK based authors about what it means to be shortlisted for a literary Prize or feature on a ‘best of’ list.
Join us to celebrate the arrival of the 5 writers in London with music from Kokoroko in partnership with Numbi.
The Caine prize has brought wide recognition to writers including NoViolet Bulawayo, Helon Habila, Mary Watson and E. C. Osondu, and continues to showcase the best emerging writing from different parts of the African continent.
Award-winning author Zoe Wicomb chairs this year's judging panel and is joined by television and radio journalist Zeinab Badawi; Indian author and Man Booker Prize-shortlistee Neel Mukherjee; Assistant Professor of English at the University of Georgetown Cóilín Parsons and the winner of the 2004 Caine Prize; Brian Chikwava.
The Caine Prize is partnering with Numbi Family & Kokoroko who bring multi-arts Afro-beats - visuals, music, spoken word and dance - unmaking colonial mentality through polyrhythmic pan-afrikan and diasporic narratives. Weaving afrobeat, jazz, soul and other spirit sounds, come dance to the riddims of our ancestors and the visions of our future.
