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Kenyan Idza Luhumyo wins Caine Prize for African writing

Caine prize 2022 shortlist. 

This year’s AKO Caine prize for African writing has gone to Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo for her short story Five Years Next Sunday, which was described as “incandescent” by the judges. 

Okey Ndibe, the chair of the 2022 AKO Caine prize judging panel, announced Ms Luhumyo as the winner at an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom.

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