Three Nigerian authors have been nominated for the 2019 Women’s prize for fiction, they include, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Emezi Akwaeke and Diana Evans.
The popular Women’s Prize for Fiction was formerly known as the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction. The award regarded as one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world.
Oyinkan Braithwaite ‘s ‘MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER’ was nominated, also Emezi Akwaekwe’s FRESH WATER’ and Evans Diana’s ‘ORDINARY PEOPLE ’.
The book ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ tells the story of the complex relationship between a glamorous Lagos fashion designer and her responsible older sister, who’s always ready with bleach and rubber gloves to help cover up a crime.
Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’ talks about the multiple voices of an Igbo god living within a young woman.
Evans’ ‘Ordinary People’ cleverly exposes the melancholy of suburban middle-class black people using celebrity events. The book opens at a party thrown in honour of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008.
The women’s prize has honoured many great authors since it inception in 1996, amongst those to have won the prestigious award includes Chimamanda Adichie, who won in 2007 for her superb book ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’.
