The 2004 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Brian Chikwava's "Seventh Street Alchemy" is featured alongside shortlisted stories from 2004, compositions from the Caine Prize's March 2005 Workshop for African Writers, and Charles Mungoshi's previously unpublished "Letter from a Friend" in this inspired collection of work from some of Africa's most promising young and new writers.
Author Biography
Brian Chikwava is Zimbabwean writer and the 2004 Caine Prize for African Writing winner. Doreen Baingana, Monica Arac de Nyeko, and Parselelo Kantai were on the shortlist for the same prize. Nick Elam is the administrator for the Caine Prize for African Writing.