2008 Winner
Nnedi Okorafor won the 2008 edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa with her novel, Zahrah the Windseeker

Acceptance speech

It started with an email from founder of the Lumina Foundation and the initiator of the Wole Soyinka Prize (and a writer in her own right) Promise Ogochukwu. Eventually I spoke with her on the phone. She told me that I’d be flown to Nigeria (yes, all expenses paid) to attend the award ceremony (no, I did not know I'd won at this time)

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 2006 Winner
Sefi Attah won the maiden edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa with her novel, Everything Good Will Come

 

Shortlist

We received a good number of books from various publishers across Africa. The qualities are varied in terms of presentation, thematic focus and technical competence. After considerable deliberations, three books were found worthy of our shortlist. They are, in no particular order:-

 

    A La Poursuite D’aurore: (In Search of Dawn) by Georges I. Zreik; Published by CEDA-Cote D’Ivoire—Abidjan.

    Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta; Published by Farafina, Lagos Nigeria.

    Love Song for My Wasteland by Remi Raji; Published by Book Craft Ibadan.