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Ethiopian Meron Hadero sweeps the board at the Caine Prize
Thursday July 29 2021
Ethiopian-American writer Meron Hadero won the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. PHOTO | COURTESY | MERON HADERO via AKO CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING
Summary
Hadero explores the interracial dynamics in a postcolonial nation-state of Ethiopia. She presents the non-existent relationship between the Ethiopians and the Euro-American workers in Ethiopia, offering us a peek into the classicism that is widespread in such a society.
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Meron Hadero, author of “The Street Sweep”, is the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing winner, Goretti Kyomuhendo, the Chair of the AKO Caine Prize Judging Panel announced on Monday.
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