From the long list of 10, three finalists Akin
Bello, (Egbon of Lagos), Toyin Abiodun (The Trials of Afonja) and
Othuke Ominibohs have been announced as contenders for the 2014 Wole Soyinka
Prize for Literature in Africa.
The 10 long list had been selected out of 163 entries from
17 African countries. Nigeria had 128 from the lots
And when the
prize winner receives the award on July 9, 2014, three presidents, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf; and John Dramani Maama of Ghana will attend the event slated to hold
the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The judges are from Uganda, South Africa, Mali, Nigeria and Algeria.
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