Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has been honoured as Africa’s best short story writer after winning the Best of Caine Award . The special recognition marks 25 years of the annual Caine Prize for African Writing .
An esteemed panel of judges unanimously selected Bulawayo as the standout winner of the 25 stories awarded the prize so far. Her short story, “ Hitting Budapest” , won the prize in 2011. She has gone on to publish two acclaimed novels, We Need New Names and Glory . Both were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
For me, as a scholar of African literary cultures, Bulawayo’s recognition by the judges feels like a generational milestone. “Hitting Budapest” follows a band of children wandering in a decaying urban landscape in search of food. Their