"Literature, in this regard, works to raise consciousness among people," said Umezurike, who is an assistant professor at Canada's Calgary University. "But how far any nation or its government is willing to go to stem the ultimate tsunami rests on its concerted intervention with private organisations." 'MORE REAL THAN GRAPHS' The Share Africa Cli-Fi Award - the first of its kind to be established and run on the continent - was launched last year by the Botswana Society for Human Development (BSHD), an NGO, with support from writers, advocates and academics like Umezurike.