Belgium-based Nigerian Writer Wins $100,000 Literature Prize

 

Chika Unigwe, was filled with joy on Thursday when she was named winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature.

Her novel, On Black Sister’s Street, beat two other noovels shortlisted for the prize established in 2004 by the Nigeria LNG.

These are Only a Canvas by Olusola Olugbesan and Onaedo: The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Ngozi Achebe, a niece to foremost writer, Prof. Chinua Achebe.

With the victory, Unigwe, who had won the BBC Short Story Competition in 2004, has become $100,000 richer, following in the footsteps of Adeleke Adeyemi, who won it last year.