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Caine Prize 2001

A look at the Michael Caine Prize for African Writing and this year's winner Helon Habila

A look at the Michael Caine Prize for African Writing and why it was set up last year. This year's winner is the young Nigerian writer, Helon Habila, for his story "Love Poems", taken from "Prison Stories". Catherine Fellows talks to him, to shortlisted author LΓ­lia MomplΓ©, and to the chair of the panel of judges Dan Jacobson.

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