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The Kenyan winner of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing has told the BBC she will donate half of her £10,000 ($13,000) winnings to help rehabilitate street children.
“With the rest of the money I’ll buy a car or maybe a motorcycle to get through traffic jams in Nairobi,” Makena Onjerika said.
Her winning story follows a Kenyan street child named Meri. The judges praised its lack of sentimentality and haunting humour.
Onjerika said she was surprised to win and had in fact betted against herself being awarded the prize, given annually to an African writer of a short story published in English.
Her story Fanta Blackcurrant was chosen from a shortlist of five.
To read the story Here