A Mind to Silence and Other 2024 Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2021-22

Anwuli Ojogwu isan editor and the co-founder of Narrative Landscape Press. She has edited theworks of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Petina Gappah, Binyavanga Wainaina, UzodinmaIweala and more. She served as a consultant to the Rivers State Government onthe landmark UNESCO World Book Capital in Port Harcourt. Anwuli is a co-founderof Society for Book & Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN). She is theeditor of the stories from the 2022 AKO Caine Prize Writers workshop.

Foreword

Editors Preface

2021 Shortlisted Stories

1. Luckyby Doreen Baingana (Uganda)

2. TheStreet Sweep by Meron Hadero (Ethiopia)

3. TheGiver of Nicknames by Rémy Ngamije (Namibia)

4. ThisLittle Light of Mine by Troy Onyango (Kenya)

5. ASeparation by Iryn Tushabe (Uganda)

2022 Shortlisted Stories

1. Collectorof Memories by Joshua Chizoma (Nigeria)

2. Whena Man Loves a Woman by Nana-Ama Danquah (Ghana)

3. ADouble-Edged Inheritance by Hannah Giorgis (Ethiopia)

4. FiveYears Next Sunday by Idza Luhumyo (Kenya)

5. TheLabadi Sunshine Bar by Billie McTernan (Ghana)

Caine Prize Workshop Stories

1. AMind to Silence by Elizabeth Johnson

2. Nnomeby Audrey Obuobisa-Darko

3. TheLoan by Sally Sadie Singhateh

4. TheyWill Fly with Blooded Wings by Victor Forna

5. TrialBy Fire by 2024 Onengiye Nwachukwu

6. AGirl Becomes a Vessel by Kofi Konadu Berko

7. SugarsDaughters by Akua Serwaa Amankwah

8. Homecomingby Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo

9. ASpruced up Young Man by Andrew Aidoo

10. Landof Prophetic Women by Rafeeat Aliyu

11. Please,Please by TJ Benson

Biographies