A sparkling anthology of short stories featuring the first twenty winners of the Caine Prize, Africa’s premier literary competition. This prestigious collection reflects the richness and diversity of African experience and features stories from Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda and Sierra Leone.

The twenty-year celebratory anthology will include:
• ‘The Museum’ – Leila Aboulela (2000, Sudan)
• ‘Love Poems’ – Helon Habila (2001, Nigeria)
• ‘Discovering Home’ – Binyavanga Wainaina (2002, Kenya)
• ‘Weight of Whispers’ – Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (2003, Kenya)
• ‘Seventh Street Alchemy’ – Brian Chikwava (2004, Zimbabwe)
• ‘Monday Morning’ – Segun Afolabi (2005, Nigeria)
• ‘Jungfrau’ – Mary Watson (2006, South Africa)
• ‘Jambula Tree’ – Monica Arac de Nyeko (2007, Uganda)
• ‘Poison’ – Henrietta Rose-Innes (2008, South Africa)
• ‘Waiting’ – EC Osundu (2009, Nigeria)
• ‘Hitting Budapest’ – Noviolet Bulawayo (2011, Zimbabwe)
• ‘Bombay’s Republic’ – Rotimi Babatunde (2012, Nigeria)
• ‘Miracle’ – Tope Folarin (2013, Nigeria)
• ‘My Father’s Head’ – Okwiri Oduor (2014, Kenya)
• ‘The Sack’ – Namwali Serpell (2015, Zambia)
• ‘Memories We Lost’ – Lidudumalingani (2016, South Africa)
• ‘The Story of the Girl’ – Bushra al-Fadil (2017, Sudan)
• ‘Fanta Blackcurrant’ – Makena Onjerika (2018, Kenya)
• ‘Skinned’ – Lesley Nneka Arimah (2019, Nigeria)

‘Africa’s most important literary award’ – International Herald Tribune
‘Entertaining. Deserves to be widely read’ – Sunday Independent, South Africa
‘An admirable and essential gateway to current African fiction’ – Booklist