Divine Okpe – Winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Prize (Prose)
Divine Okpe, the 16-year-old winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Prize (Prose), converses with Lise Nova Berwadushime about her writing journey and creative inspirations. [...]
A Flipped Coin by Divine Okpe – Winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Awards for Prose
Annie, “You’re everything that spells divine. I wanted you to have the world, reach into the heavens, pull down the stars just to see they could shine on you.” My wife, [...]
This Poem Leads Back Home by Adedokun Ibrahim – Winner of the 2023 African Teen Writers Awards for Poetry
“listen, not all languages can make the kind of music you want.” —Abdullah Adedokun You see this language of mine is a ballet of heritage beating with ancestral pride, ede [...]
It Gets Lonely by Nifemi Emmanuel – Winner of the 2022 African Teen Writers Prize
It gets lonely sometimes- sitting alone in the cafeteria, watching people eat with their friends because No one wants to sit with the fat girl. Every day when I walk into the classroom, I feel [...]
My Juicy Life by Testimony Odey – Winner of the 2022 African Teen Writers Prize
Mother once said that life was like a drink, pulpy orange juice, and we were supposed to sip it slowly, else we might choke. I didn’t understand why she was telling my sisters and me this, but [...]
2022 African Writers Awards, Wakini Prize, and Teens Award Winners
On behalf of the panel of judges, I present the winners of the African Writers Awards (AWA), the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature, and the African Teen Writers Awards. The awards were [...]