Opinion: The Curse Of Literature Nobel Prize In Africa

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
By Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniThe Nobel Prize in Literature was presented to Mario Vargas Llosa at an awards ceremony on Friday in Oslo. This reawakened the disappointment felt by many fans of African literature, who had hoped that this would be the year for the Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o. But there’s actually reason to celebrate Mr. Ngugi’s loss. African literature is