A bittersweet short story by Osundu, who won the Caine prize, is published in the May 2010 issue of The Atlantic. Nigerian literature blogger Chielo Zona Eze has good things to say about him. The story pays homage to Soyinka in the jail scene. Very nice.
"A Simple Case" by E.C. Osundu
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