tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post4981491681130994484..comments2024-03-28T10:10:43.453+00:00Comments on ImageNations: Tope Folarin Wins Caine Prize for African Writing 2013ImageNationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-48757762237522056542013-07-09T18:20:01.059+00:002013-07-09T18:20:01.059+00:00Yes I heard there was a lesbianism story and other...Yes I heard there was a lesbianism story and others. And it is because of that that I am not reading. Last year or so there was a story titled Love on Trial by Stanley Kenani. The story was supposed to be a pastiche of a real gay issue that occurred in Malawi where two people were jailed for being gays. It was poorly written, and uninteresting that the only way that it was shortlisted was because of the theme. Now the question is: 'Is the Caine Prize for those who write about seemingly taboo subjects or for quality writing?'<br /><br /><br />I said in <a href="http://freduagyeman.blogspot.com/2012/06/short-story-love-on-trial-by-s-o-kenani" rel="nofollow">that review</a> gay stories are going to be the new craze in Africa at the expense of better/quality writing, just as the NGO-ish stories have taken scene by storm and runaway with it. And just a year after, another gay story in the shortlist. Won't bother.<br />ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-6234192836986081052013-07-09T18:10:08.306+00:002013-07-09T18:10:08.306+00:00LOL... you made me laugh out loud. absolutely spot...LOL... you made me laugh out loud. absolutely spot-on. Well, I think this year's shortlist was quite a bit different. Give it a try when you have a chance. There was lesbianism and all that.. LOL..Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-23440247790348162272013-07-09T18:03:55.242+00:002013-07-09T18:03:55.242+00:00I didn't have a favourite since I never read t...I didn't have a favourite since I never read the shortlists. I was fed-up with the kind of stories they shortlist as 'African Writing'. I see this award as an attempt to entrench the Western myopic view of Africa as a place of disease, death, poverty, hunger etc. Yet, anywhere I go I see them trooping in, having fun, doing the things they could never have done in their countries. ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-69632141775913637362013-07-09T08:19:08.956+00:002013-07-09T08:19:08.956+00:00Actually I was rooting for Abubakar! Congrats to T...Actually I was rooting for Abubakar! Congrats to Tope. have you read the short list?Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.com