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Nigerian wins Caine prize for African literature

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OXFORD, England — A story that queries the antics surrounding celebrity adoptions of vulnerable African children won the continent's top literary award for a struggling Nigerian academic living in the U.S.
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Osondu, 42, was selected from four other finalists to win the £10,000 ($16,000) Caine Prize for African Writing with his short story, “Waiting”, about two boys in a refugee camp.
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