Segun A. Afolabi, a former bookseller, has won the 2005 Caine Prize for
African Writing, which comes with a $15,000 award. Originally from
Nigeria and now living in London, Afolabi won for a short story called
"Monday Morning" about a family of refugees in London. Jonathan Cape
will publish a story collection by Afolabi next year and a novel by him in 2007.
