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Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo wins Caine Prize for short story

Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo Caine Prize for African Writing

Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo who has won the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, ‘Five Years Next Sunday’.

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Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo has won this year’s AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, ‘Five Years Next Sunday’.

She’s the fifth Kenyan to win the award after Binyavanga Wainaina (2002), Yvonne Owuor (2003), Okwiri Oduor (2014) and Makena Onjerika (2018).