A Reading Featuring Caine Prize-winner Irenosen Okojie
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Irenosen Okojie, winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. This event will be hosted by Prof. Lahra Smith, Director of African Studies Program.
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer. She is the winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize For Fiction for her story, “Grace Jones.” Her debut novel
Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the
New York Times, the
Guardian, the BBC and the
Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have appeared internationally in publications including Salt’s