Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially[1] to the best literary work produced by an African.
It was established by the Lumina Foundation[2] in 2005 in honour of Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka,[1] who presents the prize, which is chosen by an international jury of literary figures.
[5] The winner receives $20,000 at the awards ceremony in Lagos or a selected city in Africa.
[7] Although originally all genres were considered for every award, since 2014 only one genre is eligible for each edition of the award,[8] with drama being considered for 2014,[9] poetry in 2016, and prose in 2018.
[10][11][12] Grand Prix of Literary Associations