I'm sure Adaobi will win the prize.

ola33t:
Home schooled 12yr old doing something with her life, while grown men above 25yrs will be on NL shouting FTC, local man cannot can and other related things.

are you related to young John?

Nice one. one day one day.

Great reporting by the way.

nwakibie3:
all tribes represented with the exception of ndi ugwu as usual

you can never see an hausa man in this type of contest.

So myopic and tribalistic.

Why can't you concentrate on the contents of the post instead going off tanget against a group of people who has not insulted you.
But when the react now some dunce won't see who started the fire before it's starts spreading.

fablani:
where ever you see merit and outstanding performance, you wont see northerners .but when it comes to crises and incivility ,you see their ugly faces and names

How has this got anything to do with tribe?
Some of you are just blind ignorant tribal bigots.
Sadly, no one is telling you this.

GidiWoodsMan:


Actually the winner last year or so was a Hausa man - Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Very beautiful book he wrote too.

But we would've seen more of them had there been a provision for 'national character' in the selection process

These hordes are just so dense that they can't see beyond tribal coloration.
As if some of them can really face northerners who are as brilliant as their counter parts elsewhere.

GidiWoodsMan:


Actually the winner last year or so was a Hausa man - Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Very beautiful book he wrote too.

But we would've seen more of them had there been a provision for 'national character' in the selection process

No that guy won it in 2016


The Winner last year was "Soji Cole" a Yoruba

tot:
11 shortlisted out of 173. Wow. Making this shortlist is an achievement on its own.

Adaobi Tricia's "I do not come to you by chance" was such a good read. Can't wait to read her shortlisted book.

You didn't add the fact that only 3 men featured here out of them. I'm beginning to think that women are better writers of fiction. I'm waiting for someone to prove me wrong though.

fablani:
where ever you see merit and outstanding performance, you wont see northerners .but when it comes to crises and incivility ,you see their ugly faces and names

No. You're being clouded by biasness here. There are some northerners who don't fall to the usual construct of 'Northerners'. These are men and women who actually strive to make names for themselves devoid of any government help. It's a great discredit to them if you keep on with this biasness.

traihit:


You didn't add the fact that only 3 men featured here out of them. I'm beginning to think that women are better writers of fiction. I'm waiting for someone to prove me wrong though.

To be honest, I didn't even notice that. I don't think women have any natural advantage over men with respect to writing fiction. Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, Ben Okri, Teju Cole, Ken Saro Wiwa are all incredibly good fiction writers.

LazyGold:


No that guy won it in 2016


The Winner last year was "Soji Cole" a Yoruba

my bad

tot:


To be honest, I didn't even notice that. I don't think women have any natural advantage over men with respect to writing fiction. Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, Ben Okri, Teju Cole, Ken Saro Wiwa are all incredibly good fiction writers.

It might not be a natural advantage but I think women have more messages to pass through fiction and recent times is really proving that.

traihit:


It might not be a natural advantage but I think women have more messages to pass through fiction and recent times is really proving that.

Hmm...maybe, not sure I agree.

fablani:
where ever you see merit and outstanding performance, you wont see northerners .but when it comes to crises and incivility ,you see their ugly faces and names

You will see names like Mohammed Dangrugwu

The list was obviously NOT drafted by the Buhari regime...
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Keep up the good work