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Giving Voice
The Caine Prize 2000
On Wednesday 26 July 2000, the Africa Centre, in collaboration with Waterstones, held a discussion by the five finalists, including Leila Aboulela, the winner of the first Caine prize for African writing. Doris Lessing introduced the event to a packed audience, who quizzed the writers about their work after they had each read extracts from their entries.
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The Caine Prize
‘I believe the Prize will achieve excellence and transform perceptions. Whatever helps the literature of Africa enriches the literature of the world.’ Ben Okri,) Chairman of the judges
This year sees the first ever Caine Prize for African writing. Named after the late Sir Michael Caine, former Chairman of Booker Plc and Chairman of the Booker Prize management committee for 25 years, the prize was awarded on 24 July at Rhodes House, Oxford. Competing to win the $15,000 prize, the winner was chosen from a shortlist of five rawn from 87 writers residing in 20 African countries.
On 26 July, the five contenders appeared at the Africa Centre. Charles Mungoshi, Shimmer Chinodya, Murungu (Rory Kilalea) from Zimbabwe, Leila Aboulela from Egypt/Sudan, and Abdourahman Waberi from Djibouti read from their work and be in discussion with Dr Alastair Niven, director of literature for the British Council.
The winner, Leila Aboulela, at the Centre
Until his death last year, Sir Michael was also chairman of the Africa Centre and so it is doubly fitting that it is here, in the atmospheric setting of the 18th century literary auction house, that the five contenders gathered to discuss their work. Moreover through Sir Michael, the Africa Centre was involved in the initial discussions of a new literary prize for Africa.
Focusing on short fiction and the story-telling tradition, this was a unique chance to hear the full spectrum of African voices: voices both established and new, from North and South; male and female, anglophone and francophone, black and white.
The Finalists:
Leila Charles Rory Shimmer Abdourahman
Aboulela Mungoshi Kilalea Chinodya Waberi
‘Giving Voice’
The Caine Prize 2000
The Winner: Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer living in Scotland. Following graduation from the University of Khartoum in 1985, Aboulela travelled to Britain to study Statistics at the London School of Economics and now lives in Aberdeen with her husband and three children. Aboulela’s stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio and published in a number of anthologies, including ‘The Museum’ in Opening Spaces (Heinemann). She has also co-written a play for Radio 4 and her first novel, The Translator (Polygon) was long-listed for the Orange Prize 2000.
Entry for the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2000: ‘The Museum’ in Opening Spaces (Heinemann, Oxford, 1999).
The Finalists: Charles Mungoshi
Charles Mungoshi was born in 1947 near Chivhu, Zimbabwe where his father had a small farm. Leaving school at the age of 16, he worked for the Forestry Commission and then for Textbook Sales, one of the leading bookshop chains in the country. His first novel in Shona was published in 1970, followed by his first collection of short stories, The Coming of the Dry Season in 1972 (Oxford University Press). Mungoshi’s second novel in Shona and his first novel in English, Waiting for Rain (Heinemann) were published in 1975. He has written several collections of short stories, including Some Kinds of Wounds and Other Short Stories (Mambo Press) and the Rolling World (Heinemann). His collection of poetry, The Milkman Doesn’t Only Deliver Milk (Baobab Books), won second prize at the Zimbabwean Literary Awards in 1998. Mungoshi has also published two collections of children’s stories: Stories from a Shona Childhood and One Day Long Ago (Baobab Books) which was joint winner of the Noma Award for publishing in Africa in 1993. While continuing to write, Mungoshi worked for the Literature Bureau (1975-1981), and for the Zimbabwe Publishing House (1981-1986).
Entry for the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2000: various stories in Walking Still (Baobab Books, Harare, 1997).
The Finalists: Murungu [Rory Kilalea]
Murungu [Rory Kilalea] has worked in radio, feature film, theatre and television since 1970. Originating from Zimbabwe, he has worked in East and Southern Africa and the Middle East, in various production, creative, script-writing or management positions. Kilalea has been a writer throughout his career in the media, with written work including plays, television series, and documentaries as well as a number of travel articles. Kilalea’s play, ‘Diary of David and Ruth’, has been performed around the world and was invited to the ‘Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’ in London. His latest play, ‘Ashes’, was premiered in Harare at the Zimbabwe’s International Theatre Festival. Kilalea’s poetry and short stories have been published in England and USA. He has taught broadcasting writing and performance at the University of Zimbabwe, improvisational drama at the British Council in Athens, Goldsmith Hall in London, Johannesburg, South Africa and in the Middle East.
Entry for the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2000: ‘Whine of a Dog’ in The New Writer, Kent, September, 1998.
The Finalists: Shimmer Chinodya
Shimmer Chinodya was born in Gweru in 1957, was educated at the University of Zimbabwe where he studied literature and education. Later gaining an MA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Chinodya has worked extensively as a curriculum developer, materials designer, editor and screen writer. His published works include Dew in the Morning (1982), Farai’s Girls (1984), Child of War (1985) and Harvest of Thorns (1989) for which he won the Commonwealth’s Writers’ Prize for the Africa Region in 1990. Both Dew in the Morning and Harvest of Thorns have been serialised on radio. Chinodya has also published several children’s books in drama, folklore and poetry under the name B.Chirasha. He has been awarded various fellowships abroad and, from 1995 to 1997, was a distinguished Visiting Professor in Creative Writing at St Lawrence University, New York.
Entry for the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2000: various stories in Can We Talk (Baobab Books, Harare, 199 .
The Finalists: Abdourahman Waberi
Abourahman Waberi was born in Djibouti in 1965, moving to France in 1985 where he currently teaches English at Evreux. Waberi has written many articles and short stories in the field of African literature and arts and is a literary consultant in African and Black Diaspora literatures for the French publishing house, Le Serpent à plumes, Paris. His first collection of short stories, Le pays sans ombre ([Land Without Shadows], Le Serpent à plumes publisher, 1994), received two academic prizes in France and in Belgium. For his second collection of short stories, Cahier nomade [Nomad Notebook], Waberi was awarded the Great Literary Prize for Black Africa by the Association of French-speaking Writers in October 1996. His first novel, Balbala (199, closed the trilogy about his homeland, and won a grant from UNESCO. Waberi also writes poetry.
Entry for the Caine Prize for African Writing, 2000: ‘The Gallery of the Insane’ in XCiTés (Flamingo, London, 199.
Caine Prize 2001
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